Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 0-3 in the League Two on Saturday 19 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Peter Clarke opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Bolton Wanderers did not score. Tranmere Rovers scored through Peter Clarke (28'), Kieron Morris (68') and James Vaughan (75', penalty).

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 12th on 25 points from 18 and Tranmere Rovers 15th on 24 points from 17. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Tranmere Rovers 7th with 74.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Peter Clarke of Tranmere Rovers (8.1), ahead of Scott Davies (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Peter ClarkeTranmere Rovers · 0-1
  • 68'Goal · Kieron MorrisTranmere Rovers · 0-2
  • 75'Penalty goal · James VaughanTranmere Rovers · 0-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Tranmere Rovers 1.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Matthew Gilks, Alex Baptiste, Ricardo Santos, Ryan Delaney, Gethin Jones, Antoni Sarcevic, George Thomason, Harry Brockbank, Lloyd Isgrove, Eoin Doyle, Nathan Delfouneso

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-3-1-2)

Scott Davies, C. MacDonald, Sid Nelson, Peter Clarke, Liam Ridehalgh, Kieron Morris, Jay Spearing, Jack Young, Liam Feeney, James Vaughan, Corey Blackett-Taylor