Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading: result and report

League One · Monday 1 April 2024

Result

Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading

League One · Monday 1 April 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Reading 5-2 in the League One on Monday 1 April 2024. It was 2-1 at half-time.

A. Collins opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from A. Collins (11'), A. Collins (45+4', penalty), Jón Daði Böðvarsson (49'), A. Collins (77') and Jón Daði Böðvarsson (90+5'). Reading scored through Lewis Wing (40') and Paul Mukairu (90+2').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Reading received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 3rd on 75 points from 40 and Reading 13th on 51 points from 40. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Reading 15th with 59.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Collins of Bolton Wanderers (9.2), ahead of J. Böðvarsson (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 5 draws and 4 for Reading.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · A. CollinsBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Nathanael OgbetaBolton Wanderers
  • 40'Goal · Lewis WingReading · 1-1
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · A. CollinsBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 49'Goal · Jón Daði BöðvarssonBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Josh SheehanBolton Wanderers
  • 77'Goal · A. CollinsBolton Wanderers · 4-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Paul MukairuReading · 4-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Jón Daði BöðvarssonBolton Wanderers · 5-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 5, Reading 4.

Team news

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

Joel Coleman, Eoin Toal, Ricardo Santos, Jack Iredale, Josh Sheehan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, George Thomason, Paris Maghoma, Nathanael Ogbeta, Aaron Collins, J. Böðvarsson

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

Joel Pereira, Clinton Mola, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Jeriel Dorsett, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Femi Azeez, Harvey Knibbs, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan, Sam Smith