Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 March 2018

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 3 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Preston North End: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Preston North End 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 3 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mark Beevers opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Mark Beevers (12'). Preston North End scored through Tom Barkhuizen (53'), Sean Maguire (77') and Sean Maguire (90+2').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 34 points from 34 and Preston North End 9th on 51 points from 34. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 21st with 43 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 5-3-2 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Maguire of Preston North End (8.9), ahead of Callum Robinson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Mark BeeversBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Mark BeeversBolton Wanderers
  • 36'Yellow card · Filipe MoraisBolton Wanderers
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 46'Yellow card · Paul GallagherPreston North End
  • 53'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 77'Goal · Sean MaguirePreston North End · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Sean MaguirePreston North End
  • 90+2'Goal · Sean MaguirePreston North End · 1-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 2, Preston North End 1.

Team news

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

Ben Alnwick, Dorian Dervite, Mark Beevers, Antonee Robinson, Filipe Morais, David Wheater, Josh Vela, Jem Karacan, Darren Pratley, Sammy Ameobi, Tyler Walker

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, G. Cunningham, Calum Woods, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Billy Bodin, Callum Robinson