Northampton Town 2-4 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League One · Tuesday 1 October 2024

Result

Northampton Town 2-4 Bolton Wanderers

League One · Tuesday 1 October 2024, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Northampton Town 2-4 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Northampton Town lost to Bolton Wanderers 2-4 in the League One on Tuesday 1 October 2024. The half-time score was 0-2.

John McAtee opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Tom Eaves (90+1') and Jon Guthrie (90+3'). Bolton Wanderers scored through John McAtee (6'), George Thomason (23'), Eoin Toal (60') and Dion Charles (83').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 6 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 8 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 17th on 8 points from 7 and Bolton Wanderers 14th on 10 points from 7. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 68.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Sheehan of Bolton Wanderers (8.6), ahead of Nathan Baxter (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · John McAteeBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehanNorthampton Town
  • 17'Yellow cardBolton Wanderers
  • 17'Yellow card · George ThomasonBolton Wanderers
  • 23'Goal · George ThomasonBolton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 33'Yellow cardBolton Wanderers
  • 33'Yellow card · Szabolcs SchönBolton Wanderers
  • 37'Yellow cardNorthampton Town
  • 37'Yellow card · Samy ChouchaneNorthampton Town
  • 60'Goal · Eoin ToalBolton Wanderers · 0-3
  • 67'Yellow cardNorthampton Town
  • 67'Yellow card · Tyler RobertsNorthampton Town
  • 83'Goal · Dion CharlesBolton Wanderers · 0-4
  • 87'Yellow card · Mitch PinnockNorthampton Town
  • 90+1'Goal · Tom EavesNorthampton Town · 1-4
  • 90+2'Yellow cardBolton Wanderers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jay MateteBolton Wanderers
  • 90+3'Goal · Jon GuthrieNorthampton Town · 2-4
  • 90+5'Yellow cardBolton Wanderers
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Randell WilliamsBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Northampton Town 0, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Max DycheNorthampton Town · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)
  • Ali KoikiNorthampton Town · injury (Muscle Injury)
  • Patrick BroughNorthampton Town · injury (Lower Leg Fracture)

Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)

Lee Burge, Akin Odimayo, Jack Baldwin, Jon Guthrie, Luke Mbete, S. Chouchane, Jack Sowerby, Cameron McGeehan, Mitch Pinnock, Tyler Roberts, Tariqe Fosu-Henry

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

Nathan Baxter, Eoin Toal, Ricardo Santos, George Johnston, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Kyle Dempsey, Josh Sheehan, George Thomason, Szabolcs Schön, Aaron Collins, John McAtee