Grimsby Town 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021

Result

Grimsby Town 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

League Two · Saturday 17 April 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Grimsby Town 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Grimsby Town defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jay Matete opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Grimsby Town's goals came from Jay Matete (1') and I. Jackson (86'). Bolton Wanderers scored through S. Miller (90+6').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 3 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 24th on 34 points from 40 and Bolton Wanderers 3rd on 70 points from 41. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 24th with 43 points, and Bolton Wanderers 4th with 79.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Gilks of Bolton Wanderers (8.7), ahead of Harry Clifton (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Grimsby Town wins, 1 draw and 0 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Jay MateteGrimsby Town · 1-0
  • 6'Yellow card · MJ WilliamsBolton Wanderers
  • 34'Yellow card · Evan KhouriGrimsby Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Harry CliftonGrimsby Town
  • 78'Yellow card · Jay MateteGrimsby Town
  • 86'Goal · I. JacksonGrimsby Town · 2-0
  • 90+6'Goal · S. MillerBolton Wanderers · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Grimsby Town 0, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Elliott Hewitt, Rollin Menayese, Samuel Habergham, Harry Clifton, Giles Coke, Jay Matete, Evan Khouri, Lenell John-Lewis, James Hanson

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

Matthew Gilks, Gethin Jones, Ricardo Santos, Alex Baptiste, Declan John, MJ Williams, George Thomason, Lloyd Isgrove, Kieran Lee, Oladapo Afolayan, Eoin Doyle