Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 20 February 2018

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Sunderland

Championship · Tuesday 20 February 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Bolton Wanderers · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Sunderland: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Sunderland 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Zach Clough of Bolton Wanderers in the 17th minute.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 30 points from 32 and Sunderland 24th on 26 points from 32. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 21st with 43 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 5-4-1 and Sunderland in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Beevers of Bolton Wanderers (7.8), ahead of Ben Alnwick (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bolton Wanderers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Zach CloughBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · D. WheaterBolton Wanderers
  • 67'Yellow card · Karl HenryBolton Wanderers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Filipe MoraisBolton Wanderers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Sammy AmeobiBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 2, draws 3, Sunderland 5.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up (5-4-1)

Ben Alnwick, Andrew Taylor, Dorian Dervite, Mark Beevers, Filipe Morais, David Wheater, Jem Karacan, Sammy Ameobi, Karl Henry, Zach Clough, Aaron Wilbraham

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

Lee Camp, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Jake Clarke-Salter, Billy Jones, Bryan Oviedo, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, George Honeyman, Ashley Fletcher, Joel Asoro