Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 28 January 2025

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 28 January 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Northampton Town: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Northampton Town 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 28 January 2025. The half-time score was 2-1.

George Thomason opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from George Thomason (3') and Liam Shaw (44'). Northampton Town scored through Liam Shaw (8').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 9th on 41 points from 27 and Northampton Town 20th on 27 points from 27. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Northampton Town 19th with 51.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Forrester of Bolton Wanderers (7.8), ahead of Josh Sheehan (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · George ThomasonBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · Liam ShawNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Terry TaylorNorthampton Town
  • 36'Yellow card · Liam ShawNorthampton Town
  • 41'Yellow card · Josh SheehanBolton Wanderers
  • 44'Goal · Liam ShawBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 83'Own goal · Aaron CollinsBolton Wanderers · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 4, draws 1, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

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Bolton Wanderers line-up (3-5-2)

Luke Southwood, Gethin Jones, Will Forrester, George Johnston, J. Osei-Tutu, Aaron Morley, Josh Sheehan, George Thomason, Szabolcs Schön, Victor Adeboyejo, Aaron Collins

Northampton Town line-up (3-5-2)

Nik Tzanev, Aaron McGowan, Max Dyche, Timothy Eyoma, Akin Odimayo, Liam Shaw, Will Hondermarck, Terry Taylor, Mitch Pinnock, Sam Hoskins, Cameron McGeehan