Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Exeter City: result and report
League One · Saturday 13 December 2025
Result
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Exeter City
League One · Saturday 13 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Exeter City: match report
Bolton Wanderers won against Exeter City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 13 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
J. Aitchison opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from S. Dalby (70') and Thierry Gale (82'). Exeter City scored through J. Aitchison (20').
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Exeter City received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 5th on 31 points from 18 and Exeter City 20th on 20 points from 18. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Exeter City 21st with 49.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Exeter City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Sheehan of Bolton Wanderers (8.1), ahead of Sam Dalby (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Exeter City.
Key events
- 20'Goal · J. Aitchison
- 70'Goal · S. Dalby
- 73'Yellow card · I. Niskanen
- 78'Yellow card · Sil Swinkels
- 80'Yellow card
- 80'Yellow card · Jake Doyle Hayes
- 82'Goal · Thierry Gale
- 90'Yellow card · P. Sweeney
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Cyrus Christie, Eoin Toal, George Johnston, Max Conway, Josh Sheehan, Ethan Erhahon, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Mason Burstow, Ibrahim Cissoko, Marcus Forss
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Luca Woodhouse, Sil Swinkels, Ilmari Niskanen, Ethan Brierley, Jake Doyle-Hayes, J. McMillan, Jack Aitchison, Sonny Cox, Josh Magennis