MATCH THREA " BOLTON WANDERERS v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

BOLTON WANDERERS v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 12th September, 12.30pm
Sky Bet Championship - Match 7
Tough Sheet Community Stadium



1,140 Cardiff have Sold its pay on the day



Cardiff: Trott; Ng, Osho, Bielik, Bagan; Robertson, J. Colwill, Moylan; Tanner, Salech, Willock

Subs: Turner, Tyrer, Turnbull, Scanlon, Tankiewicz, Turner, Moreno, Kpakio, Ashford, Robinson





BBM INJURY UPDATE:

UPDATED:


Providing an injury update on the First Team squad, BBM:



“Isaak Davies will be out for longer than we thought, looking at October another 3 weeks.”



“Dylan Lawlor is making really good progress. Saturday will come too soon for him.”

“Maybe if a full week of training next week, we could maybe see him soon.”



“Will Fish is slightly behind Dylan and looking at October.


“Calum Chambers is still not close to returning. He has ongoing knee, neck and back issues so his is more complicated. “




“Rubin [Colwill] wasn’t fit for Tuesday based on some slight irritation with his ankle, so we can’t take any chances with him.”












Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies to be assessed Friday morning



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Barry-Murphy said Chambers is in the same bracket as Dylan Lawlor and Will Fish, adding: "He won't be available for Tuesday and it's a bit more complicated because of his injury.”

Chambers won’t be back this September, maybe after.



Isaak Davies injured once again, a hamstring injury.

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About Bolton Wanderers

Like us, Bolton are in their first season back in the Championship.

They finished 5th and won the play-off final.

They were last in the Championship in 2019 and haven't been in the Premier League since 2012.

Club Connections

Craig Noone played for us before moving to Bolton in 2017.

Kev McNaughton made over 250 league appearances for us and later played for Bolton.

The Opposition's Manager

Steven Schumacher has been at Bolton since January 2025.

Last season he guided them to promotion from League One.

He also had spells in charge of Plymouth and Stoke. While at Plymouth, he got them promoted to the Championship.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Sam Dalby scored 12 league goals last season in League One and already has two this season.

Ruben Rodrigues impressed last season, after signing in January.

Referee

Referee TBC.

Head To Head - Last Five Meetings

We have won three of the last five meetings, with Bolton winning two.

We each one our home game against each other last season. The last match between the two was our 2-0 win at CCS in April.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Bolton Wanderers: Bazunu, Larrazabal, Toal, Forino-Joseph, Conway, Sheehan, Erhahon, Rodrigues, Iling Junior, Dong, Dalby

Cardiff City: Trott, Ng, Bielik, Osho, Bagan, Robertson, J Colwill, Moylan, Tanner, Willock, Salech

Last Game

We drew 1-1 at home to Stoke on Tuesday.

On the same night, Bolton lost 3-2 at home to West Ham.

Match Odds

Bolton Wanderers - 6/4
Cardiff City - 7/5
Draw - 5/2

Predictions

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Cardiff to Win, has to be and it’s needed

Rubin Colwill injury update

Brian Barry-Murphy has explained why Rubin Colwill missed Cardiff City's draw with Stoke.

The midfielder's ankle was still not right and he didn't train on Monday, with BBM considering putting him on the bench before deciding it wasn't worth the risk.

Barry-Murphy says he wants to give Rubin more time to train later this week, with Thursday or Friday pencilled in before potentially being available for Saturday.


“We’ll try and give him some more time to train… and then be available for Saturday.”

Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies to be assessed Friday morning



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Barry-Murphy said Chambers is in the same bracket as Dylan Lawlor and Will Fish, adding: "He won't be available for Tuesday and it's a bit more complicated because of his injury.”

Chambers won’t be back this September, maybe after.



Isaak Davies injured once again, a hamstring injury.

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Wanderers welcome Cardiff City to the Toughsheet Community Stadium on Saturday lunchtime, and Steven Schumacher likes what he is seeing from his side.

"The lads are doing really well, they’re playing extremely well, they’re competing with top teams," the manager said after Tuesday night’s 3-2 meeting with West Ham United. "I don’t think we’ve deserved to lose any of the four games that we have done."

A West Ham side that played Premier League football last season needed three goals to win at the Toughsheet.

"We have just gone toe-to-toe with a Premier League team last year and we were in League One," Schumacher said.

There is young talent pushing through as well. Kyliane Dong impressed again on Tuesday and the manager has watched him grow into the level week by week.

"I thought young Kyliane was brilliant," he said. "He’s been getting stronger and stronger as the weeks have gone by."

Cardiff City arrive on the same four points as Wanderers, two places above us in the table. Two sides who will both fancy this one.

Kick-off is 12:30, and there is a full morning at the stadium before it. The Dreams 2 Reality Fan Zone opens at 10:00 with three bars, five food vendors, a game zone and an enclosed pitch for the kids. The Lion of Vienna Suite also opens at 10:00, with Nathan Blake in for a Q&A, and there is live music after the final whistle.

People laughed at my BBM out comment the other week. Seems like most are in agreement now. A huge 6 pointer here, could be his last game for us

UPDATED:


Providing an injury update on the First Team squad, BBM:



“Isaak Davies will be out for longer than we thought, looking at October another 3 weeks.”



“Dylan Lawlor is making really good progress. Saturday will come too soon for him.”

“Maybe if a full week of training next week, we could maybe see him soon.”



“Will Fish is slightly behind Dylan and looking at October.


“Calum Chambers is still not close to returning. He has ongoing knee, neck and back issues so his is more complicated. “




“Rubin [Colwill] wasn’t fit for Tuesday based on some slight irritation with his ankle, so we can’t take any chances with him.”

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Bolton have lost their last 4 consecutive games and not won in their last 5 Games:

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The good news is Bolton fans have no confidence in their team and they have plenty of injuries

1100 tickets sold so far , thought we may have taken about 1500

I was there last season and the ending was gutting.
Will be there Sat too.

Bolton Wanderers welcome Cardiff City on Saturday (12:30 BST) for a Championship clash between two sides promoted from League One last season.

The Trotters have won just one of their first six games (D1 L4) - on the opening day against Preston - while the Bluebirds are still yet to pick up a victory (D4 L2).

Both are on four points and battling near the bottom of the table in the early stages of the campaign with Bolton 21st and Cardiff 20th.

While it is perhaps too early to label this encounter a relegation six-pointer, a win would provide a major boost against a potential rival for the drop.

Bolton have won 13 of their past 14 home league meetings with Cardiff City, with the exception a 2-3 defeat in 2015-16.

Cardiff have won four of their previous six league games against Bolton Wanderers (L2), as many as their previous 19 beforehand (W4 D2 L13).

Bolton have lost each of their past four league games, last losing five on the bounce in February 2020.

Cardiff are looking to avoid suffering three successive away league defeats for the first time since August 2024, and first time within a single season since February 2023.

Cardiff have had more shots than any other side in the Championship this season (104), although 12 sides have scored more goals than the Bluebirds (7). Indeed, only Lincoln City have a lower shot conversion rate (5.7%) than Cardiff (6.7%) in the competition this term.

Somebody is going to get a hiding sooner or later from us although on the other hand we cost ourselves goals with mess ups, mistakes or get caught in the middle with massive holes and that's the difference in championship players less chances wasted. It has to come at some point, gone for a City win so they have to show up away like at home as Bolton have been awful so far

The Bluebirds are still without Dylan Lawlor, Will Fish, Calum Chambers and Isaak Davies, while Rubin Colwill faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday's trip to Bolton Wanderers


Whilst Bolton Wanderers are missing seven first team players.

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Somebody is going to get a hiding sooner or later from us although on the other hand we cost ourselves goals with mess ups, mistakes or get caught in the middle with massive holes and that's the difference in championship players less chances wasted. It has to come at some point, gone for a City win so they have to show up away like at home as Bolton have been awful so far

For me Ian, Bolton are worse than awful so maybe them tomorrow

0-2 to the BLUEBIRDS!!!

All we need is a spring board provided from our first win and we'll kick on to better things

Somebody is going to get a hiding sooner or later from us although on the other hand we cost ourselves goals with mess ups, mistakes or get caught in the middle with massive holes and that's the difference in championship players less chances wasted. It has to come at some point, gone for a City win so they have to show up away like at home as Bolton have been awful so far

For me Ian, Bolton are worse than awful so maybe them tomorrow

Yep I agree and hopefully we show up tomorrow annis and put the ball in the net a few times and not give away chances to them like we have to teams for goals Vs us with basic shit because if we do I'll be on here blaming whoever it was

First win of league play is coming. On paper, they should breakthrough here. I know it's early, but this really does feel like a must-win game, here. Can't lose to Bolton, who is below you in the standings.

2-2
Think 15 year old Noah will make the bench

Absolutely Not:

Just spoke to My Bolton Friend Tony Reardon of 26 yrs who is a Season Ticket Holder and his sons and grandchildren.

I asked him how do you think you will do v Us today, Win or draw , “ NOT A CHANCE “ he said.

We have been absolutely awful and everyone has given up.

“We will lose again today” Tony said

I said you played well v the Hammers: Tony Replied “Everyone raises their game against the big guns”

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An early goal for us would provide a good platform to get our first win today. I appreciate we are away, but moving the ball into the box a little quicker upfront would put the Bolton defence under pressure in a similar way to which others have done to us in recent games

No prediction from me, but I’m hopeful of the team doing the job today

Cardiff: Trott; Ng, Osho, Bielik, Bagan; Robertson, J. Colwill, Moylan; Tanner, Salech, Willock

Subs: Turner, Tyrer, Turnbull, Scanlon, Tankiewicz, Turner, Moreno, Kpakio, Ashford, Robinson

Might have given Robinson the first 45 mins imo.

Bluebirds

This a very important game for both sides already

Bolton should suit us as they have not improved from last season

Bolton Commentator asking about 2 Keepers on the bench

Slow-ish start but following a pattern you'd expect with Cardiff dominating the ball.

Salech needs to get one however it goes in, foot, head or arse.