Rotherham United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 January 2022

Result

Rotherham United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

League One · Saturday 1 January 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rotherham United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Rotherham United beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 1 January 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Michael Smith (40') and Michael Smith (74'). Bolton Wanderers scored through E. Doyle (42').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 2nd on 47 points from 23 and Bolton Wanderers 15th on 26 points from 22. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Bolton Wanderers 9th with 73.

Rotherham United lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Smith of Rotherham United (9.2), ahead of Shane Ferguson (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rotherham United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Ian Ross EvattBolton Wanderers
  • 40'Goal · Michael SmithRotherham United · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · E. DoyleBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Oladapo AfolayanBolton Wanderers
  • 53'Yellow card · Chiedozie OgbeneRotherham United
  • 68'Yellow card · Joel DixonBolton Wanderers
  • 74'Goal · Michael SmithRotherham United · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Ricardo SantosBolton Wanderers
  • 84'Yellow card · Rarmani Edmonds-GreenRotherham United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Rotherham United 4, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

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Rotherham United line-up (3-1-4-2)

Viktor Johansson, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Richard Wood, Michael Ihiekwe, Dan Barlaser, Chiedozie Ogbene, Oliver Rathbone, Ben Wiles, Shane Ferguson, Michael Smith, Freddie Ladapo

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

Joel Dixon, Adam Senior, Ricardo Santos, Will Aimson, Declan John, George Johnston, George Thomason, Elias Kachunga, Nathan Delfouneso, Oladapo Afolayan, Eoin Doyle