Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 February 2019

Result

Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 2 February 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Sheffield United beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 2 February 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

David McGoldrick opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from David McGoldrick (56') and Billy Sharp (73'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Sheffield United received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 3rd on 51 points from 29 and Bolton Wanderers 23rd on 23 points from 29. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32.

Sheffield United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick McCarthy of Sheffield United (8.2), ahead of Oliver Norwood (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 56'Goal · David McGoldrickSheffield United · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Callum ConnollyBolton Wanderers
  • 73'Goal · Billy SharpSheffield United · 2-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sheffield United 3, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Dean Henderson, Chris Basham, John Egan, Jack O'Connell, George Baldock, Oliver Norwood, John Fleck, Enda Stevens, Mark Duffy, David McGoldrick, Patrick McCarthy

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

Remi Matthews, Jason Lowe, David Wheater, Jack Hobbs, Andrew Taylor, Callum Connolly, Luca Connell, Gary O'Neil, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Clayton Donaldson