Bristol Rovers vs Bolton Wanderers

11 March 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee C Brook

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Chris Martin 6’ (pen), 63’
Connor Taylor 88’

Aaron Morley 39’
John McAtee 70’

Match summary

Bristol Rovers won 3-2 at home to Bolton Wanderers, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Chris Martin put Bristol Rovers ahead from the penalty spot in the 6th minute and Aaron Morley equalised from a corner in the 39th minute. In the second half, Martin put Bristol Rovers back in front in the 63rd minute, John McAtee equalised with a header in the 70th minute, and Connor Taylor won it with a header in the 88th minute.

Shots finished 12-9 to Bristol Rovers, with 5 on target for Bristol Rovers and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

Match stats

12 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 3

2 Corners 10

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Bristol Rovers Bolton Wanderers

Kick-off

Chris Martin
Penalty

1-0

6’

39’

Aaron Morley

1-1

Half-time1-1

Chris Martin

2-1

63’

70’

John McAtee

2-2

Connor Taylor

3-2

88’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Bristol Rovers

Sil Swinkels
Shaqai Forde

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bolton Wanderers attacking Bristol Rovers attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Jed Ward	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Wilson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Taylor	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sil Swinkels	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Joel Senior Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Butcher	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Taylor Moore Taken off	83′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clinton Mola Taken off	83′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kofi Shaw Taken off	83′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Chris Martin Taken off	71′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Ruel Sotiriou	90′	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
Scott Sinclair Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Isaac Hutchinson Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lino Sousa Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Thomas Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shaqai Forde Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	–	–


Luke Southwood	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Eoin Toal	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
William Forrester	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Murphy Taken off	68′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gethin Jones Taken off	84′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Morley	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Josh Sheehan	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
George Thomason Taken off	84′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Szabolcs Schön Taken off	59′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Aaron Collins	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
John McAtee	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Jordi Osei-Tutu Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Carlos Mendes Gomes Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Forino Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Randall Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Bristol Rovers win 21% Avg odds 4.48

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.65

Bolton Wanderers win 54% Avg odds 1.74

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

Form going into the game

Bristol Rovers L L L D W

Bolton Wanderers W W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bristol Rovers 0-2 Bolton Wanderers, 06 Apr 24 Next meeting: Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Bristol Rovers, 05 Apr 25 All Bristol Rovers vs Bolton Wanderers 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.