Match Report
11 points and 5 places separated them: Bolton Wanderers 10th with 73, Sunderland 5th with 84. Bolton Wanderers had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Bolton Wanderers 1.61 scored and 1.24 conceded per game, Sunderland 1.72 and 1.15, with the league averaging 1.35.
Across 17 recorded meetings, Bolton Wanderers have 3 wins to Sunderland's 8, with 6 draws, at 2.24 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 29% of the meetings.
The match was played at University of Bolton Stadium (capacity 28,723). Bolton Wanderers led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 6-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Bolton Wanderers: Dion Charles (19'), Oladapo Afolayan (41'), Dion Charles (51'), Kieran Lee (59'), D. Batth (85' og), Declan John (88')
Key stats
Possession: Bolton Wanderers 42% · Sunderland 58% · Total shots: 15-5 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 2-1