Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Sunday 6 May 2018

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Sunday 6 May 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Bolton Wanderers · Nottingham Forest · Championship predictions

Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Nottingham Forest 3-2 in the Championship on Sunday 6 May 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Adam Le Fondre opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (67'), D. Wheater (86') and Aaron Wilbraham (88'). Nottingham Forest scored through Ben Osborn (70') and Jack Colback (79').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 23rd on 40 points from 45 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 53 points from 45. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 21st with 43 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Le Fondre of Bolton Wanderers (8.8), ahead of David Wheater (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bolton Wanderers wins, 5 draws and 4 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Liam BridcuttNottingham Forest
  • 13'Yellow card · Darren PratleyBolton Wanderers
  • 39'Yellow card · Danny FoxNottingham Forest
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Antonee RobinsonBolton Wanderers
  • 57'Yellow card · Joe LolleyNottingham Forest
  • 67'Goal · Adam Le FondreBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 70'Goal · Ben OsbornNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Jack ColbackNottingham Forest · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaNottingham Forest
  • 86'Goal · D. WheaterBolton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · Aaron WilbrahamBolton Wanderers · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Aaron WilbrahamBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 5, Nottingham Forest 4.

Team news

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

Ben Alnwick, Mark Little, Mark Beevers, Antonee Robinson, David Wheater, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Darren Pratley, Filipe Morais, Karl Henry, Aaron Wilbraham

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-3)

Stefanos Kapino, Ben Osborn, Danny Fox, Jack Hobbs, Tendayi Darikwa, Liam Bridcutt, Jack Colback, Ben Watson, Lee Tomlin, Ben Brereton Díaz, Joe Lolley