Derby County 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Derby County 3-0 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Derby County 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Derby County beat Bolton Wanderers 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Alex Pearce opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Derby County's goals came from Alex Pearce (6'), M. Vydra (33') and Tom Lawrence (54'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Derby County received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 5th on 65 points from 39 and Bolton Wanderers 20th on 39 points from 40. Derby County went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Bolton Wanderers 21st with 43.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Pearce of Derby County (8.3), ahead of Curtis Davies (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Derby County wins, 4 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Alex PearceDerby County · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · M. VydraDerby County · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Tom LawrenceDerby County · 3-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Adam Le FondreBolton Wanderers
  • 80'Yellow card · Chris BairdDerby County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Derby County 4, draws 4, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Carson, Chris Baird, Andre Wisdom, Alex Pearce, Curtis Davies, Tom Lawrence, Andreas Weimann, Matej Vydra, Joe Ledley, Tom Huddlestone, David Nugent

Bolton Wanderers line-up (5-3-2)

Ben Alnwick, Mark Little, Mark Beevers, Antonee Robinson, David Wheater, Reece Burke, Josh Vela, Jem Karacan, Karl Henry, Adam Le Fondre, Aaron Wilbraham