Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 December 2018

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 1 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Bolton Wanderers drew with Wigan Athletic 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Will Buckley opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Will Buckley (7'). Wigan Athletic scored through Will Grigg (25', penalty).

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 23rd on 17 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 24 points from 19. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 23rd with 32 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Evans of Wigan Athletic (7.5), ahead of Will Buckley (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 5 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Joe WilliamsBolton Wanderers
  • 3'Yellow card · Craig NooneBolton Wanderers
  • 7'Goal · Will BuckleyBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 25'Penalty goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Gary RobertsWigan Athletic
  • 67'Yellow card · C. KipréWigan Athletic
  • 74'Yellow card · Pawel OlkowskiBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 5, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

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

Ben Alnwick, Paweł Olkowski, Jack Hobbs, Mark Beevers, Andrew Taylor, Joe Williams, Jason Lowe, Sammy Ameobi, Craig Noone, Will Buckley, Christian Doidge

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)

Christian Walton, Reece James, Cédric Kipré, Dan Burn, Kal Naismith, Nathan Byrne, Lee Evans, Sam Morsy, Gary Roberts, Josh Windass, Will Grigg