Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 September 2024
Result
Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading
League One · Saturday 21 September 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-1
Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading: match report
Bolton Wanderers beat Reading 5-2 in the League One on Saturday 21 September 2024. The half-time score was 4-1.
Josh Sheehan opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Josh Sheehan (12'), Dion Charles (21', penalty), Dion Charles (34'), Dion Charles (45+4', penalty) and Kyle Dempsey (87'). Reading scored through Ben Elliott (41') and Sam Smith (57', penalty).
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 6 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 21st on 4 points from 5 and Reading 13th on 7 points from 5. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Reading 7th with 75.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dion Charles of Bolton Wanderers (9.5), ahead of Kyle Dempsey (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bolton Wanderers wins, 5 draws and 3 for Reading.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Lewis Wing
- 12'Goal · Josh Sheehan
- 16'Yellow card · Ricardo Santos
- 21'Penalty goal · Dion Charles
- 34'Goal · Dion Charles
- 41'Goal · Ben Elliott
- 45+4'Penalty goal · Dion Charles
- 57'Penalty goal · Sam Smith
- 71'Yellow card · Harvey Knibbs
- 81'Yellow card · Nathan Baxter
- 87'Goal · Kyle Dempsey
- 88'Yellow card
- 88'Yellow card · Randell Williams
- 90+1'Yellow card
- 90+1'Yellow card · Scott Arfield
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up (3-5-2)
Nathan Baxter, Eoin Toal, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Jay Matete, Josh Sheehan, George Thomason, Szabolcs Schön, Dion Charles, Victor Adeboyejo
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
David Button, Michael Craig, Amadou Mbengue, Tyler Bindon, Jeriel Dorsett, Ben Elliott, Lewis Wing, Harvey Knibbs, Chem Campbell, Sam Smith, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan