Port Vale vs Bolton Wanderers

30 September 2023 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee D Bourne

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Dion Charles 43’

Match summary

Bolton Wanderers beat Port Vale 1-0 on the road. Bolton Wanderers led 1-0 at half-time.

Dion Charles put Bolton Wanderers ahead in the 43rd minute.

Shots finished 15-13 to Port Vale, with 6 on target for Port Vale and 5 for Bolton Wanderers.

Match stats

Port Vale Bolton Wanderers
15 Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Port Vale Bolton Wanderers
Kick-off
43’
Dion Charles0-1 (Bolton Wanderers)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Port Vale
  • Kofi Balmer
  • Alex Iacovitti
Bolton Wanderers
  • Jack Iredale
  • Aaron Morley
  • Josh Sheehan

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bolton Wanderers attacking Port Vale attacking 
2’ Randell Williams (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 8’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 22’ Conor Grant (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 23’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), set piece, saved 29’ Kofi Balmer (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 33’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 33’ Dan N'Lundulu (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 35’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), open play, saved 37’ Josh Dacres-Cogley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 39’ Aaron Morley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 41’ Josh Dacres-Cogley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 43’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, goal 45’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 45’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 45’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, saved 48’ Unknown (Port Vale), open play, saved 52’ Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 53’ Dan N'Lundulu (Bolton Wanderers), from a corner, off target 53’ Randell Williams (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 57’ Kyle Dempsey (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 66’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 67’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 69’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), set piece, off target 74’ Kofi Balmer (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 78’ Aaron Morley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 81’ Gavin Massey (Port Vale), open play, saved 83’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), open play, blocked 84’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), open play, saved 84’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, blocked 90+5’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), set piece, off target 2’ Randell Williams (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 8’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 22’ Conor Grant (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 23’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), set piece, saved 29’ Kofi Balmer (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 33’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 33’ Dan N'Lundulu (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 35’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), open play, saved 37’ Josh Dacres-Cogley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 39’ Aaron Morley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 41’ Josh Dacres-Cogley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 43’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, goal 45’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 45’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 45’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, saved 48’ Unknown (Port Vale), open play, saved 52’ Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 53’ Dan N'Lundulu (Bolton Wanderers), from a corner, off target 53’ Randell Williams (Bolton Wanderers), open play, saved 57’ Kyle Dempsey (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 66’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 67’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 69’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), set piece, off target 74’ Kofi Balmer (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 78’ Aaron Morley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 81’ Gavin Massey (Port Vale), open play, saved 83’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), open play, blocked 84’ Oliver Arblaster (Port Vale), open play, saved 84’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, blocked 90+5’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), set piece, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Connor Ripley
90′ – – – – – – –
Kofi Balmer Taken off
74′ – – 2 – – –
Nathan James Smith Taken off
74′ – – 2 – – – –
Alex Iacovitti Taken off
25′ – – – – – –
James Plant
90′ – – – – – – –
Oliver Arblaster
90′ – – 5 – – – –
Funso Ojo
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Conor Grant
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Ben Garrity
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Alfie Devine Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
James Wilson Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Lewis Cass Came on as a substitute
65′ – – – – – – –
Gavin Massey Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 – – – –
Josh Thomas Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Jesse Debrah Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Thomas Sang Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
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

Port Vale win 36% Avg odds 2.61
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.39
Bolton Wanderers win 36% Avg odds 2.60

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

Form going into the game

Port Vale WWWLD
Bolton Wanderers LDWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Port Vale, 25 Feb 23 Next meeting: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Port Vale, 20 Apr 24  All Port Vale 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.