Bolton v Bristol City Reaction and Stats: Wanderers Blow Two Goal Lead

Bolton couldn’t make it back to back wins as they drew their first home game of the season 2-2 against Bristol City.

The first half was flat. Bristol City had more shots and possession by a long way but still managed to be not much more effective than Wanderers, bar a hit post. Going in at the break, it felt okay, if not particularly good.

Things did improve in the second half. From a set-piece, Will Buckley was adjudged to have got the decisive touch to put us ahead, then Josh Magennis, who apparently can’t finish. made it two goals in two to double our lead. It felt almost too good, and in time Bristol City would claw both goals back, firstly through Andi Weimann, then Jamie Paterson, finishing well after Bolton lost their way defending a counter attack.

Before the game, I would have taken a point, not sure however after being 2-0 up. Still, four points from our first two games represents a good start.

You can see highlights here.

Bolton subs: O’Neil on for Murphy (66), Wildschut on for Buckley (74), Le Fondre on for Noone (80)

Bristol City subs: Watkins on for O’Dowda (66), Taylor on for Weimann (87), Eisa on for Eliasson (93)

Bolton Wanderers				Bristol City
Buckley, Magennis				Weimann, Paterson
Ben Alnwick				Niki Maenpaa
Pawel Olkowski				Jack Hunt
David Wheater				Adam Webster
Mark Beevers				Nathan Baker
Andy Taylor				Lloyd Kelly
Josh Vela				Niclas Eliasson
Jason Lowe				Josh Brownhill
Luke Murphy				Marlon Pack
Craig Noone				Callum O'Dowda
Josh Magennis				Jamie Paterson
Will Buckley				Andreas Weimann
Substitutes
Ben Williams				Max O'Leary
Mark Little				Eros Pisano
Erhun Oztumer				Korey Smith
Adam Le Fondre				Matty Taylor
Jack Hobbs				Liam Walsh
Gary O'Neil				Marley Watkins
Yanic Wildschut				Mohamed Eisa

Game Statistics
7	Goal attempts	16
2	On Target	5
4	Corners	10
20	Fouls	6
6	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
31	%	69