Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017

Result

Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Aston Villa beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from J. Kodjia of Aston Villa in the 39th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 9th on 16 points from 10 and Bolton Wanderers 24th on 2 points from 10. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Bolton Wanderers 21st with 43.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah of Aston Villa (8.2), ahead of Jem Karacan (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Glenn WhelanAston Villa
  • 39'Penalty goal · J. KodjiaAston Villa · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · D. WheaterBolton Wanderers
  • 68'Yellow card · Mark BeeversBolton Wanderers
  • 90'Yellow card · Karl HenryBolton Wanderers
  • 90+4'Red card · Neil TaylorAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 5, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Sam Johnstone, Neil Taylor, James Chester, John Terry, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Glenn Whelan, Robert Snodgrass, C. Hourihane, Albert Adomah, Jonathan Kodjia, Keinan Davis

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mark Howard, Mark Little, Andrew Taylor, Mark Beevers, David Wheater, Jem Karacan, Sammy Ameobi, Adam Armstrong, Darren Pratley, Karl Henry, Gary Madine