Barnsley 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League One · Saturday 12 April 2025

Result

Barnsley 4-1 Bolton Wanderers

League One · Saturday 12 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Barnsley · Bolton Wanderers · League One predictions

Barnsley 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Barnsley defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 12 April 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jon Russell opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Jon Russell (15'), Fábio Jaló (25'), Fábio Jaló (71') and Jon Russell (86'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Aaron Collins (74').

Discipline: Barnsley received 3 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 13th on 54 points from 41 and Bolton Wanderers 7th on 66 points from 41. Barnsley went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 68.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fábio Jaló of Barnsley (8.6), ahead of Josh Earl (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 5 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Jon RussellBarnsley · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Davis Keillor-DunnBarnsley
  • 25'Goal · Fábio JalóBarnsley · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Luca ConnellBarnsley
  • 71'Goal · Fábio JalóBarnsley · 3-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Jon RussellBarnsley
  • 74'Goal · Aaron CollinsBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Kyle DempseyBolton Wanderers
  • 86'Goal · Jon RussellBarnsley · 4-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Klaidi LolosBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 3, draws 5, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kieren Flavell, Jonathan Bland, M. Roberts, Conor McCarthy, Josh Earl, Luca Connell, Jon Russell, Fábio Jaló, Adam Phillips, Stephen Humphrys, Davis Keillor-Dunn

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

Nathan Baxter, Chris Forino, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Josh Sheehan, George Thomason, J. Osei-Tutu, Aaron Morley, John McAtee, Aaron Collins