Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st with 99 points, Bolton Wanderers 21st with 43, 56 apart. Per game in the league, Bolton Wanderers were scoring 0.85 and conceding 1.61, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.78 and 0.85, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
5 games without a win framed Bolton Wanderers's arrival. Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Wolverhampton Wanderers, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Bolton Wanderers 1/15, Wolverhampton Wanderers 13/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 15 games: 7 Bolton Wanderers wins, 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers, 5 draws, at 3.07 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 73%.
University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton staged the fixture, a ground that holds 28,723. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Wolverhampton Wanderers led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-4.