Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC · Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton · half-time 1-1

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Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Bristol City: match report

Bolton Wanderers lost to Bristol City 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Toughsheet Community Stadium. The half-time score was 1-1.

Dom Ballard opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Josh Sheehan (16') and Sam Dalby (57'). Bristol City scored through Dom Ballard (13'), Sam Bell (84') and Scott Twine (90+3').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 14 points from 12 and Bristol City 15th on 15 points from 12. In the current table Bolton Wanderers are 16th on 17 points and Bristol City are 15th on 18 points.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Twine of Bristol City (7.5), ahead of Josh Sheehan (7.4).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Joe WilliamsBristol City
  • 13'Goal · Dom BallardBristol City · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · Josh SheehanBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Josh SheehanBolton Wanderers
  • 57'Goal · Sam DalbyBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · Sam BellBristol City · 2-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Scott TwineBristol City · 2-3

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
15Bristol City135351517-218DLLDW
16Bolton Wanderers145271926-717WDLLW

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Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 2, Bristol City 3.

Team news

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  • Noah EileBristol City · injury (Muscle Injury)

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

Jack Bonham, Gaizka Larrazabal, Chris Forino, Ben Davies, Max Conway, Xavier Simons, Josh Sheehan, Samuel Iling-Junior, Atsuki Ito, Thierry Gale, Sam Dalby

Bristol City line-up (3-5-2)

Brad Collins, George Tanner, Luke McNally, Lisav Naif Eissat, Rio Cardines, Jason Knight, Joe Williams, Brian De Keersmaecker, Cameron Pring, L. Tolaj, Dom Ballard

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