Rotherham United 3-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
League One · Saturday 11 January 2025
Result
Rotherham United 3-1 Bolton Wanderers
League One · Saturday 11 January 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Rotherham United 3-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Rotherham United defeated Bolton Wanderers 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 11 January 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mallik Wilks opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Mallik Wilks (34', penalty), Reece James (45+6') and Sam Nombe (75'). Bolton Wanderers scored through John McAtee (86').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 16th on 28 points from 23 and Bolton Wanderers 10th on 37 points from 23. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 68.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mallik Wilks of Rotherham United (8.0), level with Ricardo Santos (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rotherham United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Cameron Humphreys
- 33'Yellow card · Ricardo Santos
- 34'Penalty goal · Mallik Wilks
- 45+6'Goal · Reece James
- 75'Goal · Sam Nombe
- 86'Goal · John McAtee
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dillon Phillips, Joe Rafferty, Hakeem Odoffin, Zak Jules, Reece James, Cameron Humphreys, Joe Powell, Mallik Wilks, A. MacDonald, Shaun McWilliams, Sam Nombe
Bolton Wanderers line-up (3-1-4-2)
Nathan Baxter, Will Forrester, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Aaron Morley, Randell Williams, Joel Randall, George Thomason, Szabolcs Schön, Aaron Collins, John McAtee