Bolton Wanderers vs Reading

21 September 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee S Stockbridge

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 4–1

Josh Sheehan 12’
Dion Charles 21’ (pen), 34’, 45+4’ (pen)
Kyle Dempsey 87’

Ben Elliott 41’
Sam Smith 57’ (pen)

Match summary

Bolton Wanderers won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Reading. Bolton Wanderers led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Josh Sheehan put Bolton Wanderers ahead with a direct free kick in the 12th minute, Dion Charles made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 21st minute, Charles made it 3-0 in the 34th minute, Ben Elliott pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 41st minute, and Charles made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Sam Smith made it 4-2 from the penalty spot in the 57th minute and Kyle Dempsey made it 5-2 with a header in the 87th minute.

Both sides had 18 shots, with 8 on target for Bolton Wanderers and 6 for Reading.

Match stats

18 Shots 18

8 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 7

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bolton Wanderers Reading

Kick-off

Josh Sheehan

1-0

12’

Dion Charles
Penalty

2-0

21’

Dion Charles

3-0

34’

41’

Ben Elliott

3-1

Dion Charles
Penalty

4-1

45+4’

Half-time4-1

57’

Sam Smith
Penalty

4-2

Kyle Dempsey

5-2

87’

Full-time5-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bolton Wanderers

Nathan Baxter
Ricardo Santos
Scott Arfield
Randell Williams

Reading

Amadou Salif Mbengue
Harvey Knibbs

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Reading attacking Bolton Wanderers attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Nathan Baxter	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Eoin Toal	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ricardo Santos	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Johnston	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Josh Dacres-Cogley	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jay Matete Taken off	64′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Josh Sheehan Taken off	72′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
George Thomason	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Szabolcs Schön Taken off	72′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Dion Charles Taken off	78′	3	–	4	–	–	–	–
Victor Adeboyejo Taken off	78′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Scott Arfield Came on as a substitute	26′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Kyle Dempsey Came on as a substitute	18′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Randell Williams Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	1	–	–	–
John McAtee Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Collins Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


David Button	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michael Craig	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Amadou Salif Mbengue	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Tyler Bindon	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jeriel Dorsett Taken off	39′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Elliott	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Lewis Wing	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Harvey Knibbs	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Chem Campbell	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Sam Smith	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Taken off	71′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Abrefa Came on as a substitute	51′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adrian Akande Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Bolton Wanderers win 51% Avg odds 1.85

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.59

Reading win 23% Avg odds 4.03

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bolton Wanderers W D L L L

Reading D W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading, 01 Apr 24 Next meeting: Reading 1-0 Bolton Wanderers, 01 Feb 25 All Bolton Wanderers vs Reading meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.