Lincoln City vs Bolton Wanderers

21 April 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee J Miles

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Erik Ring 10’
James Collins 18’ (pen), 53’
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild 61’

Jay Matete 29’
Alex Murphy 38’

Match summary

Lincoln City won 4-2 at home to Bolton Wanderers. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Erik Ring put Lincoln City ahead from a corner in the 10th minute, James Collins made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 18th minute, Jay Matete pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 29th minute, and Alex Murphy equalised with a header in the 38th minute. In the second half, Collins put Lincoln City back in front with a header in the 53rd minute and Reeco Hackett-Fairchild made it 4-2 with a direct free kick in the 61st minute.

Shots finished 13-12 to Lincoln City, with 5 on target for Lincoln City and 4 for Bolton Wanderers. Bolton Wanderers had a player sent off.

Match stats

13 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Lincoln City Bolton Wanderers

Kick-off

Erik Ring

1-0

10’

James Collins
Penalty

2-0

18’

29’

Jay Matete

2-1

38’

Alex Murphy

2-2

Half-time2-2

James Collins

3-2

53’

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

4-2

61’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Lincoln City

Tom Hamer
Ben House

Bolton Wanderers

Josh Dacres-Cogley
Gethin Jones

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bolton Wanderers attacking Lincoln City attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


George Wickens	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tendayi Darikwa	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Hamer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Jackson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sean Roughan	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ethan Erhahon Taken off	63′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Ethan Hamilton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild Taken off	72′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ben House Taken off	82′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Erik Ring Taken off	71′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
James Collins Taken off	82′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Conor McGrandles Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Moylan Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Bayliss Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Paudie O’Connor Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Freddie Draper Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Nathan Baxter	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gethin Jones Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Forino	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
George Johnston Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Dacres-Cogley Sent off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jay Matete	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
George Thomason	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Alex Murphy	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sonny Sharples Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Collins Taken off	59′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Ogundele Abimbola Taken off	59′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Kyle Dempsey Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
John McAtee Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Klaidi Lolos Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Randall Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kion Etete Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	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

Lincoln City win 36% Avg odds 2.60

Draw 31% Avg odds 3.04

Bolton Wanderers win 33% Avg odds 2.86

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

Form going into the game

Lincoln City L W D D W

Bolton Wanderers W W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Lincoln City, 29 Dec 24 Next meeting: Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Lincoln City, 23 Aug 25 All Lincoln City 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.