Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 October 2023

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 21 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 October 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Dion Charles opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Dion Charles (8') and Randell Williams (16'). Northampton Town scored through Sam Hoskins (66').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 6th on 20 points from 11 and Northampton Town 19th on 13 points from 11. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Northampton Town 14th with 60.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Randell Williams of Bolton Wanderers (8.1), ahead of Josh Sheehan (7.7).

Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Northampton Town's L-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Dion CharlesBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Randell WilliamsBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · William HondermarckNorthampton Town

Team news

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

Nathan Baxter, Gethin Jones, Eoin Toal, Ricardo Santos, George Thomason, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Josh Sheehan, Aaron Morley, Randell Williams, Dion Charles, Victor Adeboyejo

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lee Burge, Akin Odimayo, Sam Sherring, Manny Monthe, Patrick Brough, Shaun McWilliams, M. Leonard, Kieron Bowie, Mitch Pinnock, Sam Hoskins, Tyreece Simpson