“Lamine Cissé fires Stoke into an unlikely lead right before the break, finishing off a scramble from a blocked shot and a missed effort”
Pivotal“Ben Wilmot heads home from a corner to double Stoke's advantage, assisted by Jack McGlynn”
Pivotal“Theo Bair pulls one back for Bolton deep into stoppage time, converting from a corner after a flurry of late chances”
Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City
Outstanding performance
Bolton Wanderers•MidfielderBolton Wanderers dominated territorially from start to finish, racking up 30 shots and 86 dangerous attacks against a Stoke side who managed just 9 and 24 respectively, yet it was the visitors who left with all three points. The turning point came in the 20th minute when Maksym Taloverov was dismissed for a professional foul as last man, and Stoke made Bolton pay almost immediately, with Lamine Cissé converting Ethan Galbraith's assist right on the stroke of half-time. Ben Wilmot doubled the lead in the 62nd minute from a Jack McGlynn assist, and despite Bolton creating seven big chances to Stoke's three, they squandered an extraordinary seven of their own clear-cut opportunities. Theo Bair's stoppage-time consolation, assisted by Gaizka Larrazabal, set up a nervy finish but came too late to salvage anything from a game Bolton controlled but failed to convert, a damaging result given their position in a tight title race.
How entertaining was this match?
Corner kick awarded.
Jayden Nelson takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Ryan Hardie's right-footed shot is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Gaizka Larrazabal takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Atsuki Ito takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
On comes Thelonius Bair, and off goes Ben Davies.
Shot - Sam Dalby Head Shot Missed
Ryan Hardie takes a right-footed shot, but it misses the target.
Sam Dalby takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Jayden Nelson takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Gaizka Larrazabal's header is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Shot by Bosun Lawal, but it's a missed header.
Corner awarded.
Max ConwayYellow CardMax Conway receives a yellow card.
Jayden Nelson takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Samuel Iling takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Junior Tchamadeu replaces Jack McGlynn.
Substitution: George Hirst comes on for Lamine Cisse.
Bosun Lawal is on, and El Hadji Soumare is off.
Ryan Hardie's right-footed shot is blocked.
Josh Sheehan takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Offside.
Ryan Hardie is on, and Ruben Rodrigues is off.
Ben WilmotBen Wilmot takes a shot with his head and scores a goal.
assist: Jack McGlynn
Goal! Ben Wilmot scores to make it 0-2, assisted by Jack McGlynn.
Corner awarded.
Samuel Iling is substituted for Kyliane Dong.
Jayden Nelson comes on for Thierry Gale.
Corner awarded.
Luca Bombino takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Lamine Cisse takes a right-footed shot that hits the post.
Thierry Gale takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Atsuki Ito takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Ethan Galbraith takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Thierry Gale takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Thierry Gale takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Jack McGlynn takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Kyliane Dong takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Atsuki Ito comes on for Ethan Erhahon.
Luca Bombino is on, and Justin Devenny is off.
Lamine CisséLamine Cisse scores with a right-footed shot.
First half ends with the score at 0-1.
assist: Ethan Galbraith
Goal! Lamine Cisse scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Ethan Galbraith.
Corner awarded.
Thierry Gale takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot from Gaizka Larrazabal with his right foot, but it's blocked.
Corner awarded.
Jack McGlynn receives a yellow card.
Sam Dalby takes a shot with his head, but it misses the target.
Gaizka Larrazabal takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Josh Sheehan takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Offside.
Josh Sheehan takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Maksym Taloverov Red CardRed card shown to Maksym Talovierov.
Ben Wilmot takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Sam Dalby attempted a right-footed shot but missed.
Kyliane Dong takes a shot with his right foot, but it is saved.
Ethan Galbraith takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Kick-off! The referee is Thomas Kirk.
