Preston North End 2-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 September 2018

Result

Preston North End 2-2 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 1 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Preston North End 2-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Preston North End drew with Bolton Wanderers 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 1 September 2018. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Callum Robinson opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Callum Robinson (11') and Alan Browne (16'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Sammy Ameobi (38') and Pawel Olkowski (40').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 20th on 4 points from 5 and Bolton Wanderers 3rd on 10 points from 5. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paweł Olkowski of Bolton Wanderers (8.6), ahead of Callum Robinson (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 0 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 2-0
  • 38'Goal · Sammy AmeobiBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 40'Goal · Pawel OlkowskiBolton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Josh MagennisBolton Wanderers
  • 83'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 86'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 0.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Graham Burke, Alan Browne, Brandon Barker, Callum Robinson

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Alnwick, Paweł Olkowski, David Wheater, Mark Beevers, Andrew Taylor, Jason Lowe, Gary O'Neil, Sammy Ameobi, Joe Williams, Y. Wildschut, Josh Magennis