Bristol Rovers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
League One · Sunday 7 May 2023
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers
League One · Sunday 7 May 2023, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol Rovers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Bristol Rovers lost to Bolton Wanderers 2-3 in the League One on Sunday 7 May 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.
S. Shoretire opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from L. Hoole (28') and John Marquis (84'). Bolton Wanderers scored through S. Shoretire (24'), Dan N'Lundulu (70') and Aaron Morley (77').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 53 points from 45 and Bolton Wanderers 5th on 78 points from 45. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Bolton Wanderers 5th with 82.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Morley of Bolton Wanderers (8.1), ahead of John Marquis (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Bolton Wanderers.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Josh Sheehan
- 24'Goal · S. Shoretire
- 28'Goal · L. Hoole
- 53'Yellow card · George Thomason
- 70'Goal · Dan N'Lundulu
- 77'Goal · Aaron Morley
- 84'Goal · John Marquis
- 90+3'Yellow card · J. Connolly
- 90+3'Yellow card · Dan N'Lundulu
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
James Belshaw, Luca Hoole, Jarell Quansah, Lewis Gibson, Lewis Gordon, Antony Evans, Grant Ward, Sam Finley, Scott Sinclair, Josh Coburn, Aaron Collins
Bolton Wanderers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Joel Dixon, Eoin Toal, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Gethin Jones, Josh Sheehan, George Thomason, Declan John, Aaron Morley, Shola Shoretire, Victor Adeboyejo