Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Tuesday 25 October 2022

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Burton Albion

League One · Tuesday 25 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Burton Albion: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Burton Albion 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 25 October 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sam Hughes opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Amadou Bakayoko (87') and Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (90+8'). Burton Albion scored through Sam Hughes (73').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 6th on 24 points from 14 and Burton Albion 21st on 12 points from 15. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Burton Albion 15th with 56.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Terry Taylor of Burton Albion (7.8), level with Sam Hughes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bolton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · Oladapo AfolayanBolton Wanderers
  • 52'Yellow card · Victor AdeboyejoBurton Albion
  • 73'Goal · Sam HughesBurton Albion · 0-1
  • 87'Goal · Amadou BakayokoBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 90+8'Goal · Jón Dadi BödvarssonBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Jón Dadi BödvarssonBolton Wanderers
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Gethin JonesBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 0, Burton Albion 2.

Team news

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

James Trafford, Gethin Jones, Ricardo Santos, Jack Iredale, Conor Bradley, Aaron Morley, George Thomason, Oladapo Afolayan, Kyle Dempsey, Elias Kachunga, Dion Charles

Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Garratt, Sam Hughes, Adrian Mariappa, Tom Hamer, John Brayford, Tyler Onyango, Deji Oshilaja, Terry Taylor, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Victor Adeboyejo