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). With 100 matches recorded and 2.4 yellow cards per game, A. Backhouse was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.