Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 16 December 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

J. Marquis opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Eoin Toal (84'). Bristol Rovers scored through J. Marquis (10') and A. Evans (41').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bristol Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 2nd on 39 points from 19 and Bristol Rovers 14th on 25 points from 19. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Marquis of Bristol Rovers (8.2), ahead of Nathan Baxter (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 1 draw and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · J. MarquisBristol Rovers · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · S. FinleyBristol Rovers
  • 29'Yellow card · L. ThomasBristol Rovers
  • 33'Red card · Ricardo SantosBolton Wanderers
  • 41'Goal · A. EvansBristol Rovers · 0-2
  • 45+3'Yellow card · William ForresterBolton Wanderers
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Nathan BaxterBolton Wanderers
  • 81'Yellow card · Kyle DempseyBolton Wanderers
  • 84'Goal · Eoin ToalBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · C. TaylorBristol Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · C. TaylorBristol Rovers
  • 88'Yellow card · Randell WilliamsBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

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

Nathan Baxter, Gethin Jones, Ricardo Santos, Eoin Toal, George Thomason, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Aaron Morley, Paris Maghoma, Jack Iredale, Dion Charles, J. Böðvarsson

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

Matthew Cox, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Tristan Crama, Luke Thomas, Grant Ward, Antony Evans, Sam Finley, Harvey Vale, Aaron Collins, John Marquis