Rochdale 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 January 2020

Result

Rochdale 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

League One · Saturday 11 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rochdale 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Rochdale won against Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 11 January 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

L. Matheson opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Rochdale's goals came from L. Matheson (44') and Jimmy Ryan (80'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 18th on 25 points from 24 and Bolton Wanderers 22nd on 19 points from 21. Rochdale went on to finish that season 19th with 36 points, and Bolton Wanderers 22nd with 26.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Matheson of Rochdale (8.5), ahead of Robert Sánchez (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

Going into the match Rochdale's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Bolton Wanderers's L-D-D-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · L. MathesonRochdale · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Eoghan O'ConnellRochdale
  • 80'Goal · Jimmy RyanRochdale · 2-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Ethan HamiltonBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rochdale 2, draws 0, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Rochdale line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Sánchez, Luke Matheson, Eoghan O'Connell, MJ Williams, Jimmy Keohane, Stephen Dooley, Jimmy Ryan, Callum Camps, Kwadwo Baah, Ian Henderson, Aaron Wilbraham

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

Remi Matthews, Josh Emmanuel, Yoan Zouma, Toto Nsiala, Liam Edwards, Adam Chicksen, Ethan Hamilton, Ronan Darcy, Sonny Graham, Joseph Dodoo, Daryl Murphy