Stoke City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 2 October 2018

Result

Stoke City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Tuesday 2 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Stoke City defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 2 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bruno Martins Indi opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Bruno Martins Indi (10') and Tom Ince (74'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 17th on 10 points from 10 and Bolton Wanderers 15th on 15 points from 10. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Ince of Stoke City (9.6), ahead of Bruno Martins Indi (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Bruno Martins IndiStoke City · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Jonathan GroundsBolton Wanderers
  • 60'Yellow card · Craig NooneBolton Wanderers
  • 71'Yellow card · C. MartinaStoke City
  • 74'Goal · Tom InceStoke City · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Butland, Cuco Martina, Ashley Williams, Bruno Martins Indi, Erik Pieters, Bojan Krkic, Ryan Woods, Joe Allen, Tom Ince, Benik Afobe, Daniel Schütz

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

Remi Matthews, Paweł Olkowski, Jack Hobbs, Marc Wilson, Jonathan Grounds, Joe Williams, Jason Lowe, Craig Noone, Erhun Oztumer, Will Buckley, Josh Magennis