Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 October 2021

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Gillingham

League One · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Gillingham: match report

Bolton Wanderers drew with Gillingham 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 23 October 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

John Akinde opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Oladapo Afolayan (86') and Kieran Lee (90+1'). Gillingham scored through John Akinde (11') and Kyle Dempsey (14').

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

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 11th on 18 points from 14 and Gillingham 19th on 14 points from 14. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 9th with 73 points, and Gillingham 21st with 40.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gillingham in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Lee of Bolton Wanderers (9.0), ahead of Oladapo Afolayan (8.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · John AkindeGillingham · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · Kyle DempseyGillingham · 0-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Kyle DempseyGillingham
  • 56'Yellow card · Jack TuckerGillingham
  • 67'Yellow card · Stuart O'KeefeGillingham
  • 71'Yellow card · Oladapo AfolayanBolton Wanderers
  • 86'Goal · Oladapo AfolayanBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 90+1'Goal · Kieran LeeBolton Wanderers · 2-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 0, Gillingham 1.

Team news

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

Joel Dixon, Lloyd Isgrove, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Declan John, MJ Williams, Josh Sheehan, Elias Kachunga, Kieran Lee, Oladapo Afolayan, Eoin Doyle

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

Jamie Cumming, Ryan Jackson, Max Ehmer, Rhys Bennett, Robbie McKenzie, Kyle Dempsey, Jack Tucker, Stuart O'Keefe, Danny Lloyd, Vadaine Oliver, John Akinde