Bolton Wanderers vs Rotherham United · League One
Bolton Wanderers
10-7-4
2 – 1
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Rotherham United
6-6-10
Toughsheet Community Stadium · Bolton · England
One goal separated them as Bolton Wanderers beat Rotherham United 2-1 at Toughsheet Community Stadium (crowd 23,416). Josh Sheehan scored first for Bolton in added time before the break and Sam Nombe brought Rotherham level late on, at 90 minutes with a penalty; the goal that settled it came from Josh Sheehan late on, at 90 minutes. Most of it went through Bolton: 66% possession, 28 shots against 14. 12 of the 28 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
- 23,416
- Referee
- Elliot Bell
- Bolton form
- WLWDD
- Rotherham form
- LLLDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rotherham | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
5Fouls13
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
10Corner Kicks0
4Saves8
65.7%Possession34.3%
28Shots14
12On Goal5
40%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals1
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
12Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
⚽Josh Sheehan
90'+3'2 - 1
90'1 - 1
⚽Sam NombePenalty
🔁Mason Burstowreplacing Thierry Gale
86'
85'
🟨Jamal Baptiste
81'
🔁Thomas Holmesreplacing Hamish Douglas
🔁Kyle Dempseyreplacing Joel Randall
81'
🔁Xavier Simonsreplacing Ethan Erhahon
81'
🔁Sam Dalbyreplacing Marcus Forss
72'
🟨Max Conway
69'
63'
🟨Ar'jany Martha
53'
🔁Sam Nombereplacing Kion Etete
53'
🔁Jordan Hugillreplacing Dru Yearwood
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Josh Sheehan
45'+1'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Bolton Wanderers4-2-3-1
24↓Forss
11↓Gale
17↓Randall
19Cozier-Duberry
21↓Erhahon
8⚽⚽Sheehan
25🟨Conway
6Johnston
29Christie
18Toal
1Sharman-Lowe
Bench
- 20Ibrahim Cissoko
- 4Xavier Simonson for Ethan Erhahon, 81'
- 10Sam Dalbyon for Marcus Forss, 72'
- 27Tyler Miller
- 22Kyle Dempseyon for Joel Randall, 81'
- 48Mason Burstowon for Thierry Gale, 86'
- 3Christian Forino Joseph
Rotherham United3-5-2
29↓Etete
11🟨Martha
6James
44Gore
22Hall
16↓Yearwood
7Powell
3Jules
26↓Douglas
15🟨Baptiste
1Dawson
Bench
- 2Joseph Rafferty
- 5Sean Raggett
- 12Thomas Holmeson for Hamish Douglas, 81'
- 10Sam Nombeon for Kion Etete, 53' ⚽
- 4Liam Kelly
- 13Ted Cann
- 9Jordan Hugillon for Dru Yearwood, 53'
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
1Bolton wins
0Level
4Rotherham wins
Last times they met
FT
Bolton
1–0
Rotherham · 2025-26 EFL Trophy
FT
Bolton
0–1
Rotherham · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Rotherham
3–1
Bolton · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Rotherham
2–1
Bolton · 2021-22 English League One
FT
Bolton
0–2
Rotherham · 2021-22 English League One
Form
Last games: Bolton
W3-0L4-0W1-0W2-1L2-1
Last games: Rotherham
D1-1W7-2L3-0L1-0L3-1
