Cardiff City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - 1st Division, 11 Apr 2026

📅11/04/2026 · 🕒14:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
50%
1.82
Draw
25%
3.72
Away
25%
3.48
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
48%
2.43
Over 2.5
52%
1.51
Both Teams to Score
Yes
54%
1.49
No
46%
2.44
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
4.88
2-3 Goals
38%
1.91
4-5 Goals
25%
2.57
6+ Goals
10%
6.39
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
27%
2.35
1/2
7%
32.0
1/X
7%
12.7
X/1
13%
4.79
X/2
8%
8.38
X/X
12%
6.0
2/1 EV+ ✗
10%
19.9
2/2
10%
5.57
2/X
6%
13.55
Value flag · 2/1 at 19.9 — our 10% vs market 2.7%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Over 2.5 ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
50%
Home Win
51%
-1.5pp
25%
Draw
24%
+1.8pp
25%
Away Win
25%
-0.4pp
48%
Under 2.5
38%
+10.1pp
52%
Over 2.5
62%
-10.1pp
54%
BTTS Yes
63%
-8.8pp
46%
BTTS No
37%
+8.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Cardiff City EU Bookmakers 55%
Head to Head
AWAY Bolton Wanderers EU Bookmakers 29%
+2% / +2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +3% / -5%
1.75/1.26 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.34/1.42
+32% / -35% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +14% / -5%
52% Ball Possession 48%
14 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 5
319 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 297 · 75%
29.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 22.2
20.8 Crosses 17.0
1.8 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Cardiff City
3W-0D-3L
AWAY Bolton Wanderers
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
1.30 xG 0.83
57% Ball Possession 43%
16 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
323 Passes 204
72% Pass Accuracy 64%
24 Box Touches 15
21 Crosses 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
25.10.2025 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 1-0 HT 0-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İN1
13.02.2018 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-0 HT 2-0 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers İNCL
23.12.2017 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 2-0 HT 0-0 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
23.04.2016 Cardiff City Cardiff City 2-1 HT 0-1 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers İNCL
05.12.2015 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 2-3 HT 1-1 Cardiff City Cardiff City İNCL
06.04.2015 Cardiff City Cardiff City 0-3 HT 0-0 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Cardiff City
2-0
AWAY Bolton Wanderers
1.81 xG 0.23
50% Ball Possession 50%
20 Total Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 1
321 Passes 318
80% Pass Accuracy 78%
44 Box Touches 8
18 Crosses 9
1 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Cardiff City vs Bolton Wanderers
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Cardiff City beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Cardiff City as the likeliest winner at 50%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 52% and both teams to score was close to even at 54%.

On the day, Cardiff City had 50% of the ball to Bolton Wanderers's 50%, shots finished 20-6, expected goals 1.81 to 0.23.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 3 apiece. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Cardiff City and 1.50 for Bolton Wanderers.

What was the final score of Cardiff City vs Bolton Wanderers?

Cardiff City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers in the England - 1st Division on 11/04/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Cardiff City vs Bolton Wanderers?

Before kick-off our model rated a Cardiff City win the most likely single outcome at about 50%, with the full match-result split Cardiff City 50%, draw 25%, Bolton Wanderers 25%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Cardiff City) — while Over 2.5, BTTS Yes went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Cardiff City) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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