Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 1 May 2021

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Exeter City

League Two · Saturday 1 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Exeter City: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Exeter City 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 1 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gethin Jones opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Gethin Jones (15'). Exeter City scored through Randell Williams (49') and Pierce Sweeney (90+5').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Exeter City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 3rd on 76 points from 44 and Exeter City 9th on 66 points from 44. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Exeter City 9th with 70.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Exeter City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierce Sweeney of Exeter City (8.2), ahead of Alex Hartridge (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Exeter City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Gethin JonesBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Josh KeyExeter City
  • 29'Yellow card · Alex HartridgeExeter City
  • 32'Yellow card · A. BaptisteBolton Wanderers
  • 37'Yellow card · MJ WilliamsBolton Wanderers
  • 42'Yellow card · Robbie WillmottExeter City
  • 49'Goal · Randell WilliamsExeter City · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Jake TaylorExeter City
  • 84'Yellow card · Jack SparkesExeter City
  • 90+5'Goal · Pierce SweeneyExeter City · 1-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 1, Exeter City 0.

Team news

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

Matthew Gilks, Gethin Jones, Ricardo Santos, Alex Baptiste, Declan John, MJ Williams, Kieran Lee, Lloyd Isgrove, Antoni Sarcevic, Oladapo Afolayan, Eoin Doyle

Exeter City line-up (4-4-2)

J. Andrésson, Josh Key, Pierce Sweeney, Alex Hartridge, Lewis Page, Randell Williams, Jake Taylor, Archie Collins, Robbie Willmott, R. Bowman, Matt Jay