Match Centre: Bolton Wanderers vs Preston North End
Player of the match Thierry Gale 7.9
GolVolt rating 2.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 14' Dalby, 1:0-
15 → 24
Preston North End drop 9 places in the table. Bolton Wanderers: 4 → 1.
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40% → 96%
Bolton Wanderers: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 92.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 40% to 64% (Bolton Wanderers).
How the match went
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90+3' · 2:1Bolton Wanderers 96%draw 4%Preston North End 0%
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 28′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 28′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 1.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A rivalry. Stakes: 8.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 3.5 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.6more watchable than 26% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 13' Ali McCannyellow card
- 14' Goal: Sam DalbyBolton Wanderers1:0
- 25' Goal: Thierry Galeassist: McAtee2:0
- 27' Jordan Thompsonyellow card
- 42' Pol Valentínyellow card
- Half-time · 2:0
- 48' Josh Sheehanyellow card
- 63' SubstitutionLeroy for Thompson
- 64' 2 substitutionsErabi for LangOffiah for Valentín
- 75' 2 substitutionsHardie for McAteeIling-Junior for Larrazabal
- 79' 2 substitutionsSmall for BurgzorgVukcevic for Hughes
- 82' SubstitutionToal for Conway
- 85' 2 substitutionsBrunt for StephensonDong for Gale
- 86' Goal: Jusef Erabiassist: Vukcevic2:1
- 88' Chris Forinoyellow card
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Bolton Wanderers
Preston North End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Bolton Wanderers
- 23 David Harrington GK —
- 5 Lewis Brunt DEF on
- 6 Ben Davies DEF —
- 18 Eoin Toal DEF on
- 29 Cyrus Christie DEF —
- 12 David Watson MID —
- 7 Kyliane Dong ATT on
- 16 Samuel Iling-Junior ATT on
- 39 Ryan Hardie ATT on
Preston North End
- 21 Lee Nicholls GK —
- 3 Andrija Vukcevic DEF on
- 11 Thierry Small DEF on
- 24 Odeluga Offiah DEF on
- 32 Ed Nolan DEF —
- 23 Andrew Moran MID —
- 27 Léo Leroy MID on
- 9 Jusef Erabi ATT on
- 30 George Gryba ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Bolton Wanderers Thierry Gale
- 2. place · Bolton Wanderers Sam Dalby
- 3. place · Preston North End Jusef Erabi
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Preston North End · 1 out
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Theo Carroll Injured
since 31 Jan · return date unknown · 23 matches missed · Ankle Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.