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
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.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Sam Perry
- 45'Yellow card · J. Clarke
- 67'Goal · Kieran Lee
- 73'Red card · Hayden White
- 80'Penalty goal · E. Doyle
- 86'Yellow card · Declan John
- 90+2'Yellow card · C. Norman
Head-to-head
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