Bristol Rovers 3-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 11 March 2025

Result

Bristol Rovers 3-2 Bolton Wanderers

League One · Tuesday 11 March 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol Rovers 3-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Bolton Wanderers 3-2 in the League One on Tuesday 11 March 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Chris Martin opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Chris Martin (6', penalty), Chris Martin (63') and Connor Taylor (88'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Aaron Morley (39') and John McAtee (70').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 39 points from 35 and Bolton Wanderers 6th on 60 points from 35. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 43 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 68.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Martin of Bristol Rovers (8.6), ahead of Aaron Morley (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 3 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Penalty goal · Chris MartinBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Aaron MorleyBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 63'Goal · Chris MartinBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 70'Goal · John McAteeBolton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · Connor TaylorBristol Rovers · 3-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Shaq FordeBristol Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Sil SwinkelsBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bristol Rovers 1, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

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Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jed Ward, James Wilson, Connor Taylor, Sil Swinkels, Joel Senior, Matt Butcher, Taylor Moore, Clinton Mola, Kofi Shaw, Chris Martin, Ruel Sotiriou

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

Luke Southwood, Eoin Toal, Will Forrester, Alex Murphy, Gethin Jones, Aaron Morley, Josh Sheehan, George Thomason, Szabolcs Schön, Aaron Collins, John McAtee