Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between Bolton Wanderers (8th, 68 pts) and Cambridge United (23rd, 38 pts). Recent form told a different story for Bolton Wanderers: only 22nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Bolton Wanderers were scoring 1.46 and conceding 1.52, Cambridge United 0.98 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Cambridge United had been beaten in five straight games. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Bolton Wanderers against 0/15 for Cambridge United.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 4 for Bolton Wanderers, 1 for Cambridge United and 4 drawn, at 1.89 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 22% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton (capacity 28,723). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Cambridge United led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Bolton Wanderers: John McAtee (34'), Zeno Ibsen Rossi (90' og) · Cambridge United: Elias Kachunga (36'), Josh Stokes (4')