Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Rotherham United: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 September 2021

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Rotherham United

League One · Saturday 18 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Rotherham United: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Rotherham United 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 18 September 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Ben Wiles opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Bolton Wanderers did not score. Rotherham United scored through Ben Wiles (18') and Ben Wiles (21').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 4th on 12 points from 7 and Rotherham United 13th on 10 points from 7. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 9th with 73 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 90.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Wiles of Rotherham United (8.7), ahead of Viktor Johansson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Richard WoodRotherham United
  • 7'Yellow card · Ian Ross EvattBolton Wanderers
  • 18'Goal · Ben WilesRotherham United · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Ben WilesRotherham United · 0-2
  • 51'Yellow card · Joe MattockRotherham United
  • 64'Yellow card · Josh SheehanBolton Wanderers
  • 79'Yellow card · Wes HardingRotherham United
  • 89'Yellow card · MJ WilliamsBolton Wanderers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Gethin JonesBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 1, Rotherham United 3.

Team news

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

Joel Dixon, Gethin Jones, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Liam Gordon, MJ Williams, Josh Sheehan, Lloyd Isgrove, Antoni Sarcevic, Oladapo Afolayan, Eoin Doyle

Rotherham United line-up (3-1-4-2)

Viktor Johansson, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Dan Barlaser, Chiedozie Ogbene, Ben Wiles, Oliver Rathbone, Tolaji Bola, Michael Smith, Will Grigg