Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 December 2019

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Southend United

League One · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Southend United: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Southend United 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 21 December 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.

Harry Lennon opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Joseph Dodoo (36'), Luke Murphy (45+2') and Daryl Murphy (64'). Southend United scored through Harry Lennon (10') and Timothée Dieng (81').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Southend United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 22nd on 14 points from 17 and Southend United 23rd on 7 points from 21. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 22nd with 26 points, and Southend United 23rd with 19.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Southend United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daryl Murphy of Bolton Wanderers (8.4), ahead of Harry Lennon (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Harry LennonSouthend United · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Joseph DodooBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Luke MurphyBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 64'Goal · Daryl MurphyBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Josh EarlBolton Wanderers
  • 71'Yellow card · Jake WrightBolton Wanderers
  • 81'Goal · Timothée DiengSouthend United · 3-2

Team news

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

Remi Matthews, Josh Emmanuel, Liam Bridcutt, Jake Wright, Josh Earl, Thibaud Verlinden, Jason Lowe, Luke Murphy, Joseph Dodoo, Ronan Darcy, Daryl Murphy

Southend United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Nathan Bishop, Elvis Bwomono, T. Dieng, Robert Kiernan, Harry Lennon, Mark Milligan, Stephen McLaughlin, Jason Demetriou, Sam Mantom, Brandon Goodship, Stephen Humphrys