Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 January 2021

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

League Two · Saturday 23 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Tranmere Rovers defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 January 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Danny Lloyd opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Danny Lloyd (4') and James Vaughan (56', penalty). Bolton Wanderers scored through Antoni Sarcevic (66').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 11th on 32 points from 22 and Bolton Wanderers 17th on 28 points from 23. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Bolton Wanderers 4th with 79.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Lloyd of Tranmere Rovers (7.7), level with Ricardo Santos (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Danny LloydTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Manny MontheTranmere Rovers
  • 41'Red card · Ian Ross EvattBolton Wanderers
  • 55'Yellow card · Ryan DelaneyBolton Wanderers
  • 56'Penalty goal · James VaughanTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Peter ClarkeTranmere Rovers
  • 66'Goal · Antoni SarcevicBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 75'Second yellow · Ryan DelaneyBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 2, draws 0, Bolton Wanderers 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Declan JohnBolton Wanderers · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Davies, Otis Khan, Peter Clarke, Manny Monthe, C. MacDonald, Paul Lewis, Jay Spearing, Liam Feeney, Danny Lloyd, James Vaughan, Kaiyne Woolery

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

Matthew Gilks, Gethin Jones, Ricardo Santos, Ryan Delaney, Ben Jackson, Antoni Sarcevic, Andrew Tutte, Ali Crawford, Lloyd Isgrove, Eoin Doyle, Zack Elbouzedi