Rotherham United vs Bolton Wanderers

11 January 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee A Young

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Mallik Wilks 34’ (pen)
  • Reece James 45+6’
  • Sam Nombe 76’
  • John McAtee 86’

Match summary

Rotherham United won 3-1 at home to Bolton Wanderers. Rotherham United led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mallik Wilks put Rotherham United ahead from the penalty spot in the 34th minute and Reece James made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Sam Nombe made it 3-0 in the 76th minute and John McAtee pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 86th minute.

Shots finished 20-12 to Rotherham United, with 7 on target for Rotherham United and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

Match stats

Rotherham United Bolton Wanderers
20 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Rotherham United Bolton Wanderers
Kick-off
Mallik Wilks
Penalty
1-0 (Rotherham United)
34’
Reece James2-0 (Rotherham United)
45+6’
Half-time2-0
Sam Nombe3-0 (Rotherham United)
76’
86’
John McAtee3-1 (Bolton Wanderers)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Rotherham United
  • Cameron Humphreys
Bolton Wanderers
  • Ricardo Santos

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bolton Wanderers attacking Rotherham United attacking 
1’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, saved 2’ George Johnston (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 2’ Joel Randall (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 3’ John McAtee (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 5’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, off target 12’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 15’ Shaun McWilliams (Rotherham United), open play, off target 17’ William Forrester (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, saved 20’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, off target 24’ Alex MacDonald (Rotherham United), open play, off target 28’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, off target 30’ Shaun McWilliams (Rotherham United), open play, off target 34’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), penalty, goal 36’ Shaun McWilliams (Rotherham United), open play, saved 45’ Aaron Morley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 46’ Joel Randall (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 51’ Reece James (Rotherham United), open play, goal 51’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 52’ Joe Powell (Rotherham United), open play, off target 52’ Joe Rafferty (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 55’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 59’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, saved 64’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 67’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 70’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 70’ Joe Powell (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 73’ Aaron Collins (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 76’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, goal 76’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, saved 79’ Szabolcs Schön (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 86’ John McAtee (Bolton Wanderers), open play, goal 90+3’ John McAtee (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 1’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, saved 2’ George Johnston (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 2’ Joel Randall (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 3’ John McAtee (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 5’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, off target 12’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 15’ Shaun McWilliams (Rotherham United), open play, off target 17’ William Forrester (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, saved 20’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, off target 24’ Alex MacDonald (Rotherham United), open play, off target 28’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, off target 30’ Shaun McWilliams (Rotherham United), open play, off target 34’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), penalty, goal 36’ Shaun McWilliams (Rotherham United), open play, saved 45’ Aaron Morley (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 46’ Joel Randall (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 51’ Reece James (Rotherham United), open play, goal 51’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 52’ Joe Powell (Rotherham United), open play, off target 52’ Joe Rafferty (Rotherham United), from a corner, off target 55’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 59’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, saved 64’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target 67’ Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), set piece, off target 70’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), set piece, off target 70’ Joe Powell (Rotherham United), open play, blocked 73’ Aaron Collins (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 76’ Sam Nombe (Rotherham United), open play, goal 76’ Mallik Wilks (Rotherham United), open play, saved 79’ Szabolcs Schön (Bolton Wanderers), open play, blocked 86’ John McAtee (Bolton Wanderers), open play, goal 90+3’ John McAtee (Bolton Wanderers), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players12 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
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90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
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90′ – – 2 – – – –
Mallik Wilks
90′ 1 – 7 – – – –
Alex MacDonald Taken off
67′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
90′ 1 – 5 – – – –
Cohen Bramall Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – – –
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

Rotherham United win 34% Avg odds 2.75
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.31
Bolton Wanderers win 38% Avg odds 2.48

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

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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.