Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Rotherham United
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Rotherham United: match report
Bolton Wanderers defeated Rotherham United 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sammy Ameobi opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Sammy Ameobi (33') and Gary O'Neil (65'). Rotherham United scored through Will Vaulks (37').
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 23rd on 18 points from 23 and Rotherham United 20th on 22 points from 23. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 23rd with 32 points, and Rotherham United 22nd with 40.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gary O'Neil of Bolton Wanderers (8.5), ahead of Mark Beevers (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Clark Robertson
- 33'Goal · Sammy Ameobi
- 37'Goal · Will Vaulks
- 51'Yellow card · M. Wilson
- 65'Goal · Gary O'Neil
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Alnwick, Jason Lowe, David Wheater, Mark Beevers, Andrew Taylor, Gary O'Neil, Marc Wilson, Joe Williams, Sammy Ameobi, Christian Doidge, Clayton Donaldson
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Semi Ajayi, Clark Robertson, Joe Mattock, A. Forde, Richie Towell, Will Vaulks, Joe Newell, Michael Smith, Jamie Proctor