Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 January 2020

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Portsmouth: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Portsmouth 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 18 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Christian Burgess of Portsmouth in the 42nd minute.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 22nd on 19 points from 23 and Portsmouth 8th on 38 points from 24. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 22nd with 26 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Burgess of Portsmouth (8.2), ahead of Alex Bass (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · L. EdwardsBolton Wanderers
  • 27'Yellow card · Sean RaggettPortsmouth
  • 30'Yellow card · Joseph DodooBolton Wanderers
  • 42'Goal · Christian BurgessPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 4, draws 2, Portsmouth 4.

Team news

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

Remi Matthews, Josh Emmanuel, Toto Nsiala, Liam Edwards, Brandon Fleming, Jason Lowe, Ethan Hamilton, Ronan Darcy, Luke Murphy, Dennis Politic, Joseph Dodoo

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

Alex Bass, James Bolton, Christian Burgess, Sean Raggett, Steve Seddon, Cameron McGeehan, Tom Naylor, Marcus Harness, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis, Ellis Harrison