Exeter City 1-5 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
League One · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Exeter City 1-5 Bolton Wanderers
League One · Saturday 28 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Exeter City 1-5 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Exeter City were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-5 in the League One on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
S. Dalby opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Exeter City's goal came from Jayden Wareham (67'). Bolton Wanderers scored through S. Dalby (21'), Johnny Kenny (60'), Thierry Gale (72'), Ibrahim Cissoko (77') and G. Johnston (90+4').
Discipline: Exeter City received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Exeter City were 15th on 41 points from 32 and Bolton Wanderers 3rd on 58 points from 34. Exeter City went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Bolton Wanderers 3rd with 84.
Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Dalby of Bolton Wanderers (8.7), ahead of Johnny Kenny (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Exeter City win, 1 draw and 5 for Bolton Wanderers.
Key events
- 21'Goal · S. Dalby
- 35'Yellow card · G. Johnston
- 39'Yellow card · J. Fitzwater
- 45+2'Yellow card · Joshua Brendan David Magennis
- 60'Goal · Johnny Kenny
- 67'Goal · Jayden Wareham
- 72'Goal · Thierry Gale
- 77'Goal · Ibrahim Cissoko
- 90+4'Goal · G. Johnston
Head-to-head
Team news
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Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, Ilmari Niskanen, Ethan Brierley, J. McMillan, Ryan Rydel, Jack Aitchison, Josh Magennis, Jayden Wareham
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Bonham, J. Osei-Tutu, Eoin Toal, Chris Forino, George Johnston, Josh Sheehan, Ethan Erhahon, Rob Apter, Sam Dalby, Thierry Gale, Johnny Kenny