Photo: John Nickolls, CC BY-SA 2.0Forecast Verdict
Top pick correctWe said
Actual
OneTouch Forecast · dc-v2.0
Wolverhampton won; our pre-match call put the chance of that at 50%.
Pre-match call frozen 31 Oct 2026 · model dc-v2.0
Tactical shift
Fernando López
Assist · Hugo Bueno
10'
1–0
Adam Armstrong
15'
2–0
Adam Armstrong
Booked
26'
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
On for Jordan James
36'
André
Booked
42'
Fernando López
Booked
50'
Joel Bagan
Booked
56'
Ladislav Krejcí
Assist · Kieran Trippier
58'
3–0
Rubin Colwill
On for Chris Willock
61'
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Booked
62'
Rodrigo Gomes
On for Fernando López
66'
Mateus Mané
On for Rafiki Said
67'
David Turnbull
On for Alex Robertson
72'
Tawanda Chirewa
On for Adam Armstrong
76'
Ratings are out of 10. marks an OneTouch estimate, not a confirmed grade. Tap a player for details.
Match DNA
High Pressing Battle
Both sides pressed aggressively. Territory was won and lost in the opposition half.
26 shots
Expected goals over time
accuracy · 31%
kill rate · 23%
accuracy · 69%
kill rate · 0%
Wolverhampton turned 23% of shots into goals to Cardiff City's 0%.
Shots on Target
Attack
xG · BSD
Head to Head
Last 2 meetings1
Home
2.5 goals / game
1
Away
0
Draw
Key context
Venue
Molineux Stadium
Kick-off
31 Oct · 15:00 UTC
Referee
Josh Smith
England · 3.7 yellows/match
Arena 3D
Pitch-level coverage: the ball follows the real on-pitch action.
