Wolves vs Cardiff Prediction

Form guide

Wolves have been in good touch in the Championship lately, picking up four wins, two draws and just one defeat across their last seven league games. That's a solid platform heading into this one.

Wolves: 20 completed matches; Cardiff: 20 completed matches.

Wolves

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

23

Difference

+7

Cardiff

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

33

Difference

+12

Cardiff's recent league form tells a different story. In their last eight Championship matches they've won just once, drawn four times and lost three, a pattern of narrow defeats and stalemates rather than heavy beatings.

Wolves arrive with clearly stronger recent league momentum than Cardiff.

Comparative Team Statistics: Wolves vs Cardiff

Head-to-head history

The recorded meetings between these two go back over a decade, mostly from their Championship and Premier League days between 2012 and 2019. Results have gone both ways over that spell, with no real pattern of one side dominating.

That history is too old to say much about how either side plays now, so it's best treated as background rather than a form indicator.

League positions

Wolves currently sit fourth with 14 points from seven games, while Cardiff are down in 21st on seven points from eight matches. That's a wide gap this early in the season.

It lines up with the form picture: Wolves winning more often than not, Cardiff struggling to turn draws into wins.

Players to watch

Fer López has been Wolves' main source of goals, with four in seven appearances plus two assists, showing he's heavily involved in their attacking play. For Cardiff, J. Moylan has three goals in eight games and O. Tanner has chipped in with two assists.

Wolves:

Best scorers:

Fer López - 4

Best assist providers:

Fer López - 2

Cardiff:

Best scorers:

J. Moylan - 3

Best assist providers:

O. Tanner - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Robertson x 4

O. Tanner x 3

Cardiff's A. Robertson has picked up four yellow cards in eight matches, worth keeping an eye on given how often he's being booked this season.