Port Vale 0-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League One · Saturday 30 September 2023

Result

Port Vale 0-1 Bolton Wanderers

League One · Saturday 30 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Port Vale 0-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Port Vale lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 30 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Dion Charles of Bolton Wanderers in the 43rd minute.

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 4th on 17 points from 9 and Bolton Wanderers 7th on 14 points from 8. Port Vale went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Bolton Wanderers 3rd with 90.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Baxter of Bolton Wanderers (8.8), ahead of Oliver Arblaster (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Port Vale wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Alex IacovittiPort Vale
  • 43'Goal · Dion CharlesBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Kofi BalmerPort Vale
  • 64'Yellow card · Jack IredaleBolton Wanderers
  • 68'Yellow card · Aaron MorleyBolton Wanderers
  • 76'Yellow card · Josh SheehanBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Port Vale 0, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

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Port Vale line-up (3-4-2-1)

Connor Ripley, Kofi Balmer, Nathan Smith, Alex Iacovitti, James Plant, Oliver Arblaster, F. Ojo, Conor Grant, Ben Garrity, Alfie Devine, James Wilson

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

Nathan Baxter, Eoin Toal, Jack Iredale, Will Forrester, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Josh Sheehan, Aaron Morley, Kyle Dempsey, Randell Williams, Dion Charles, Dan Nlundulu