Bristol City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019

Result

Bristol City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bristol City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Bristol City defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 January 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Will Buckley opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Matty Taylor (64') and Kasey Palmer (66'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Will Buckley (58').

Discipline: Bristol City received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 11th on 38 points from 26 and Bolton Wanderers 22nd on 22 points from 26. Bristol City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Taylor of Bristol City (8.4), ahead of Kasey Palmer (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Josh MagennisBolton Wanderers
  • 58'Goal · Will BuckleyBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 64'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol City · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · Kasey PalmerBristol City · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Jason LoweBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Niki Mäenpää, Jack Hunt, Tomas Kalas, Adam Webster, Lloyd Kelly, Marlon Pack, Andreas Weimann, Josh Brownhill, Sander Krabbendam, Callum O'Dowda, Famara Diédhiou

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

Ben Alnwick, Paweł Olkowski, David Wheater, Mark Beevers, Jonathan Grounds, Luke Murphy, Jason Lowe, Will Buckley, Craig Noone, Sammy Ameobi, Josh Magennis