Walsall 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020

Result

Walsall 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Walsall 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Walsall defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 12 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

E. Doyle opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Walsall's goals came from Elijah Adebayo (44') and Rory Holden (57'). Bolton Wanderers scored through E. Doyle (13').

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

Going into the game Walsall were 14th on 21 points from 16 and Bolton Wanderers 12th on 22 points from 16. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Bolton Wanderers 4th with 79.

Walsall lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eoin Doyle of Bolton Wanderers (7.5), level with Rory Holden (7.5).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · E. DoyleBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Elijah AdebayoWalsall · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Ryan DelaneyBolton Wanderers
  • 57'Goal · Rory HoldenWalsall · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Josh GordonWalsall
  • 77'Yellow card · Ricardo SantosBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Walsall 1, draws 0, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jack Rose, Cameron Norman, Dan Scarr, James Clarke, Zak Jules, Alfie Bates, Rory Holden, L. Kinsella, Emmanuel Osadebe, Wesley McDonald, Elijah Adebayo

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

Matthew Gilks, Alex Baptiste, Ricardo Santos, Ryan Delaney, Peter Kioso, George Thomason, Antoni Sarcevic, Gethin Jones, Ali Crawford, Nathan Delfouneso, Eoin Doyle