Match Report
In the standings it was Bolton Wanderers 3rd on 87 points, Portsmouth 1st on 97 — separated by 10. Bolton Wanderers had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Bolton Wanderers were scoring 1.87 and conceding 1.11, Portsmouth 1.7 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Portsmouth had not lost in 15 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 4 Bolton Wanderers wins, 7 for Portsmouth, 2 draws, at 2.31 goals per meeting. 62% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The match was played at University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton (capacity 28,723). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.