Bolton Wanderers vs Exeter City · League One
Bolton Wanderers
9-7-3
2 – 1
FT
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Exeter City
6-2-11
Toughsheet Community Stadium · Bolton · England
Exeter City led by one and still lost 2-1 to Bolton Wanderers at Toughsheet Community Stadium (crowd 20,622). Jack Aitchison scored first for Exeter at the 20-minute mark and Sam Dalby brought Bolton level after 70 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Thierry Gale at the 82-minute mark. Most of it went through Bolton: 62% possession, 24 shots against 3. 7 of the 24 shots by Bolton were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Toughsheet Community Stadium · Bolton · England
- Crowd
- 20,622
- Referee
- Ben Speedie
- Bolton form
- WLWDD
- Exeter form
- WWDWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
5Fouls14
0Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
6Corner Kicks2
1Saves5
61.9%Possession38.1%
24Shots3
7On Goal2
30%On Target %70%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
5Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'
🟨Pierce Sweeney
87'
🔁Liam Oakesreplacing Ethan Brierley
87'
🔁Kevin McDonaldreplacing Jake Doyle-Hayes
🔁Xavier Simonsreplacing Marcus Forss
83'
⚽Thierry Gale
82'2 - 1
80'
🟨Jake Doyle-Hayes
78'
🟨Sil Swinkels
74'
🔁Reece Colereplacing Jack Aitchison
73'
🟨Ilmari Niskanen
🔁Kyle Dempseyreplacing Ethan Erhahon
71'
⚽Sam Dalby
70'1 - 1
63'
🔁Jayden Warehamreplacing Josh Magennis
🔁Jordi Osei-Tutureplacing Cyrus Christie
61'
🔁Sam Dalbyreplacing Mason Burstow
61'
🔁Thierry Galereplacing Ibrahim Cissoko
45'
45'
🔁Akeel Higginsreplacing Sonny Cox
Half-time · 0-1
20'0 - 1
⚽Jack Aitchison
Kick-off
Teams
Bolton Wanderers4-2-3-1
24↓Forss
20↓Cissoko
48↓Burstow
19Cozier-Duberry
21↓Erhahon
8Sheehan
25Conway
6Johnston
29↓Christie
18Toal
1Sharman-Lowe
Bench
- 10Sam Dalbyon for Mason Burstow, 61' ⚽
- 14Jordi Osei-Tutuon for Cyrus Christie, 61'
- 11Thierry Galeon for Ibrahim Cissoko, 45' ⚽
- 27Tyler Miller
- 22Kyle Dempseyon for Ethan Erhahon, 71'
- 3Christian Forino Joseph
- 4Xavier Simonson for Marcus Forss, 83'
Exeter City3-4-2-1
27↓Magennis
19↓Cox
10⚽↓Aitchison
2Mcmillan
31🟨↓Doyle-Hayes
14🟨Niskanen
6↓Brierley
16🟨Swinkels
20Woodhouse
26🟨Sweeney
1Whitworth
Bench
- 12Reece Coleon for Jack Aitchison, 74'
- 9Jayden Warehamon for Josh Magennis, 63'
- 8Edward Francis
- 17Akeel Higginson for Sonny Cox, 45'
- 34Liam Oakeson for Ethan Brierley, 87'
- 23Jack Bycroft
- 29Kevin McDonaldon for Jake Doyle-Hayes, 87'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | +11 | 23 |
| 3 |  Oxford United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +9 | 22 |
| 4 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 6 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 7 |  Cambridge United | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +3 | 21 |
| 8 |  Luton Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 20 |
| 9 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 19 |
| 10 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Leicester City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 12 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 14 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 |  Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 |  Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 19 |  Notts County | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 |  Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 10 |
| 22 |  Bromley | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -19 | 9 |
| 23 |  Barnsley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
Meetings
3Bolton wins
1Level
1Exeter wins
Last times they met
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Exeter
1–2
Bolton · 2024-25 English League One
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Bolton
0–2
Exeter · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Exeter
2–2
Bolton · 2023-24 English League One
FT
Bolton
7–0
Exeter · 2023-24 English League One
FT
Exeter
0–1
Bolton · 2022-23 English League One
Form
Last games: Bolton
D0-0D1-1W3-0L4-0W1-0
Last games: Exeter
L2-1L1-0L4-0W4-0W1-0
