Bolton Wanderers 3-6 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-6 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Bolton Wanderers 3-6 Port Vale: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Port Vale 3-6 in the League Two on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Emmanuel Oyeleke opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Gethin Jones (11'), E. Doyle (66') and Lloyd Isgrove (78'). Port Vale scored through Emmanuel Oyeleke (6'), Leon Legge (9'), Tom Conlon (42', penalty), Cristian Montano (46'), David Worrall (50') and Nathan Smith (62').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Port Vale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 10th on 22 points from 15 and Port Vale 14th on 19 points from 15. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Port Vale 13th with 60.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Port Vale in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Worrall of Port Vale (9.1), ahead of Cristian Montano (8.4).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Emmanuel OyelekePort Vale · 0-1
  • 9'Goal · Leon LeggePort Vale · 0-2
  • 11'Goal · Gethin JonesBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 42'Penalty goal · Tom ConlonPort Vale · 1-3
  • 46'Goal · Cristian MontanoPort Vale · 1-4
  • 50'Goal · David WorrallPort Vale · 1-5
  • 52'Yellow card · Tom ConlonPort Vale
  • 62'Goal · Nathan SmithPort Vale · 1-6
  • 66'Goal · E. DoyleBolton Wanderers · 2-6
  • 78'Goal · Lloyd IsgroveBolton Wanderers · 3-6

Team news

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

Matthew Gilks, Alex Baptiste, Ricardo Santos, Ryan Delaney, Peter Kioso, Antoni Sarcevic, George Thomason, Gethin Jones, Ali Crawford, Eoin Doyle, Nathan Delfouneso

Port Vale line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Brown, Zak Mills, Leon Legge, Nathan Smith, David Fitzpatrick, Emmanuel Oyeleke, Luke Joyce, Tom Conlon, David Worrall, Devante Rodney, Cristian Montano