Middlesbrough 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Wednesday 19 September 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

George Saville opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from George Saville (34') and Britt Assombalonga (90+5'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 14 points from 7 and Bolton Wanderers 12th on 11 points from 7. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Shotton of Middlesbrough (7.5), level with Britt Assombalonga (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Bolton Wanderers's L-D-L-W-W.