Bolton Wanderers vs Reading

1 April 2024 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee B Toner

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Aaron Collins 11’, 45+4’ (pen), 77’
Jón Daði Böðvarsson 49’, 90+5’

Lewis Wing 40’
Paul Mukairu 90+2’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Aaron Collins put Bolton Wanderers ahead in the 11th minute, Lewis Wing equalised in the 40th minute, and Collins put Bolton Wanderers back in front from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Jón Daði Böðvarsson made it 3-1 in the 49th minute, Collins made it 4-1 in the 77th minute, Paul Mukairu pulled one back to make it 4-2 in stoppage time, and Böðvarsson made it 5-2 in stoppage time.

Both sides had 18 shots, with 8 on target for Bolton Wanderers and 7 for Reading.

Match stats

18 Shots 18

8 Shots on Target 7

13 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bolton Wanderers Reading

Kick-off

Aaron Collins

1-0

11’

40’

Lewis Wing

1-1

Aaron Collins
Penalty

2-1

45+4’

Half-time2-1

Jón Daði Böðvarsson

3-1

49’

Aaron Collins

4-1

77’

90+2’

Paul Mukairu

4-2

Jón Daði Böðvarsson

5-2

90+5’

Full-time5-2

Bookings

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

Bolton Wanderers

Josh Sheehan
Nathanael Ogbeta

Reading

Sam Smith

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


Joel Coleman	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Eoin Toal	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ricardo Santos	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Iredale Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Sheehan Taken off	79′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Josh Dacres-Cogley	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Thomason	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Paris Maghoma Taken off	70′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Nathanael Ogbeta Taken off	70′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Aaron Collins Taken off	79′	3	–	6	–	–	–	–
Jón Daði Böðvarsson	90′	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
Zachary Ashworth Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle Dempsey Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
William Forrester Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Morley Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Jerome Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Joel Pereira	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clinton Mola	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Amadou Salif Mbengue	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyler Bindon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jeriel Dorsett Taken off	54′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Wing	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Charlie Savage Taken off	81′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Femi Azeez Taken off	87′	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
Harvey Knibbs	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Taken off	54′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Smith Taken off	87′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Andy Yiadom Came on as a substitute	36′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jayden Wareham Came on as a substitute	36′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michael Craig Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Elliott Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paul Mukairu Came on as a substitute	3′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–

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 61% Avg odds 1.52

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.29

Reading win 17% Avg odds 5.62

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

Form going into the game

Bolton Wanderers D D W L D

Reading W L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Reading 2-1 Bolton Wanderers, 16 Sep 23 Next meeting: Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Reading, 21 Sep 24 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.