Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Saturday 20 March 2021

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Walsall

League Two · Saturday 20 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Walsall: match report

Bolton Wanderers beat Walsall 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 20 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Sam Perry opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Kieran Lee (67') and E. Doyle (80', penalty). Walsall scored through Sam Perry (28').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 6th on 57 points from 35 and Walsall 19th on 39 points from 34. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Walsall 19th with 53.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Walsall in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Lee of Bolton Wanderers (7.8), ahead of Sam Perry (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Sam PerryWalsall · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · J. ClarkeWalsall
  • 67'Goal · Kieran LeeBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 73'Red card · Hayden WhiteWalsall
  • 80'Penalty goal · E. DoyleBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Declan JohnBolton Wanderers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · C. NormanWalsall

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 0, Walsall 1.

Team news

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

Matthew Gilks, Gethin Jones, Ricardo Santos, Alex Baptiste, Declan John, MJ Williams, Kieran Lee, Lloyd Isgrove, Nathan Delfouneso, Oladapo Afolayan, Eoin Doyle

Walsall line-up (3-4-3)

Liam Roberts, Hayden White, James Clarke, Matt Sadler, Cameron Norman, L. Kinsella, Sam Perry, Max Melbourne, Josh Gordon, Caolan Lavery, Emmanuel Osadebe