Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Bolton Wanderers · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Barnsley: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Barnsley 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 December 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Gary Madine opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Gary Madine (20'), Gary Madine (39', penalty) and M. Little (69'). Barnsley scored through Tom Bradshaw (22', penalty).

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Barnsley received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 24th on 13 points from 19 and Barnsley 18th on 20 points from 19. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 21st with 43 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Little of Bolton Wanderers (8.5), ahead of Gary Madine (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Gary MadineBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 22'Penalty goal · Tom BradshawBarnsley · 1-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Tom BradshawBarnsley
  • 37'Yellow card · Sammy AmeobiBolton Wanderers
  • 39'Penalty goal · Gary MadineBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Karl HenryBolton Wanderers
  • 56'Yellow card · Brad PottsBarnsley
  • 60'Yellow card · Josh VelaBolton Wanderers
  • 60'Yellow card · Joe WilliamsBarnsley
  • 69'Goal · M. LittleBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Darren PratleyBolton Wanderers
  • 89'Yellow card · M. ThiamBarnsley
  • 90+6'Yellow card · A. YiadomBarnsley

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 1, Barnsley 0.

Team news

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

Ben Alnwick, Mark Little, Mark Beevers, Antonee Robinson, Reece Burke, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Will Buckley, Darren Pratley, Karl Henry, Gary Madine

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

Adam Davies, Jason McCarthy, Liam Lindsay, Andy Yiadom, Matty Pearson, Joe Williams, Adam Hammill, George Moncur, Harvey Barnes, Brad Potts, Tom Bradshaw