Bolton Wanderers 0-4 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-4 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 0-4 Wigan Athletic: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-4 in the League One on Saturday 16 October 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Will Keane opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Bolton Wanderers did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Will Keane (6'), James McClean (50'), Callum Lang (65') and James McClean (81').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 9th on 18 points from 12 and Wigan Athletic 3rd on 22 points from 10. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 9th with 73 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 92.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James McClean of Wigan Athletic (9.5), ahead of Callum Lang (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Will KeaneWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · George JohnstonBolton Wanderers
  • 28'Yellow card · Ian Ross EvattBolton Wanderers
  • 48'Yellow card · Jordan CousinsWigan Athletic
  • 50'Goal · James McCleanWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Callum LangWigan Athletic
  • 64'Yellow card · Ricardo SantosBolton Wanderers
  • 65'Goal · Callum LangWigan Athletic · 0-3
  • 77'Yellow card · Tom PearceWigan Athletic
  • 81'Goal · James McCleanWigan Athletic · 0-4
  • 86'Yellow card · Gavin MasseyWigan Athletic
  • 87'Yellow card · George ThomasonBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Joel Dixon, Harry Brockbank, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Liam Gordon, MJ Williams, Josh Sheehan, Amadou Bakayoko, Antoni Sarcevic, Oladapo Afolayan, Eoin Doyle

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Amos, Max Power, Jack Whatmough, Kell Watts, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Naylor, Jordan Cousins, Callum Lang, Will Keane, James McClean, Charlie Wyke