Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Friday 26 December 2025
Result
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Rotherham United
League One · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Rotherham United: match report
Bolton Wanderers defeated Rotherham United 2-1 in the League One on Friday 26 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Josh Sheehan opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Josh Sheehan (45+1') and Josh Sheehan (90+3'). Rotherham United scored through Sam Nombe (90', penalty).
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 6th on 34 points from 20 and Rotherham United 18th on 24 points from 21. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Rotherham United 23rd with 41.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Sheehan of Bolton Wanderers (8.8), ahead of Hamish Douglas (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Josh Sheehan
- 63'Yellow card · Ar'jany Martha
- 69'Yellow card · Max Conway
- 85'Yellow card · Jamal Baptiste
- 90'Penalty goal · Sam Nombe
- 90+3'Goal · Josh Sheehan
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Cyrus Christie, Eoin Toal, George Johnston, Max Conway, Josh Sheehan, Ethan Erhahon, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Joel Randall, Thierry Gale, Marcus Forss
Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)
Cameron Dawson, Jamal Baptiste, Hamish Douglas, Zak Jules, Denzel Hall, Dru Yearwood, Joe Powell, Dan Gore, Reece James, Ar'jany Martha, Kion Etete