Barnsley 0-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League One · Monday 2 January 2023

Result

Barnsley 0-3 Bolton Wanderers

League One · Monday 2 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Barnsley 0-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Barnsley lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-3 in the League One on Monday 2 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

Dion Charles opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Barnsley did not score. Bolton Wanderers scored through Dion Charles (12', penalty), Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (41') and Kyle Dempsey (76').

Discipline: Barnsley received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 4th on 40 points from 22 and Bolton Wanderers 7th on 37 points from 23. Barnsley went on to finish that season 4th with 91 points, and Bolton Wanderers 5th with 82.

Barnsley lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Aimson of Bolton Wanderers (8.5), ahead of Kyle Dempsey (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Barnsley wins, 3 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Red card · Mads Juel AndersenBarnsley
  • 12'Penalty goal · Dion CharlesBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 41'Goal · Jón Dadi BödvarssonBolton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · Kyle DempseyBolton Wanderers · 0-3
  • 82'Yellow card · George JohnstonBolton Wanderers
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Eoin ToalBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Barnsley 0, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

Barnsley line-up (3-1-4-2)

Brad Collins, Robbie Cundy, Mads Andersen, Liam Kitching, Luca Connell, Jordan Williams, Matty Wolfe, Herbie Kane, Nicky Cadden, James Norwood, Devante Cole

Bolton Wanderers line-up (3-4-1-2)

James Trafford, Eoin Toal, Will Aimson, George Johnston, Conor Bradley, Aaron Morley, Kyle Dempsey, Jack Iredale, Kieran Lee, Dion Charles, J. Böðvarsson