West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 August 2018

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 4 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 August 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Josh Magennis opened the scoring in the 18th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from Harvey Barnes (45+1'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Josh Magennis (18') and Yanic Wildschut (89').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards.

West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Brunt of West Bromwich Albion (8.0), ahead of David Wheater (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Bromwich Albion wins, 6 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Josh MagennisBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Chris BruntWest Bromwich Albion
  • 45+1'Goal · Harvey BarnesWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 89'Goal · Yanic WildschutBolton Wanderers · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 2, draws 6, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)

Sam Johnstone, Allan Nyom, Kieran Gibbs, Kyle Bartley, Ahmed Hegazy, Jake Livermore, Matt Phillips, Chris Brunt, Harvey Barnes, Hal Robson-Kanu, Jay Rodríguez

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

Ben Alnwick, Andrew Taylor, Mark Beevers, Paweł Olkowski, David Wheater, Jason Lowe, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Will Buckley, Luke Murphy, Josh Magennis