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Bolton Wanderers vs Northampton Town
4 Jan 2026, 12:00 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Alex ChilowiczLeague One 2025/2026 · 14 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Bolton WanderersMin
Northampton Town- 56′⇄
Tom Eaves
Substitution
Off: E. List
- 56′⇄
Kyle Edwards
Substitution
Off: Jack Vale
- ⇄
Max Conway
Substitution
Off: Richard Taylor
58′ - ⇄
J. Randall
Substitution
Off: Ethan Erhahon
58′ - 65′⇄
Jordan Willis
Substitution
Off: Max Dyche
- ⇄
Thierry Gale
Substitution
Off: Ibrahim Cissoko
67′ - ⇄
S. Dalby
Substitution
Off: Mason Burstow
76′ - ⇄
J. Osei-Tutu
Substitution
Off: Cyrus Christie
76′ - 80′⇄
Kamarai Swyer
Substitution
Off: Jack Perkins
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.62 | |
| 76 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.41 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7.14 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.06 | |
| 58 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.60 | |
| 58 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.76 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 6.83 | |
| 67 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.57 | |
| 76 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 6.85 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.46 | |
| 32 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.85 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.65 | |
| 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.44 | |
| 14 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.68 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Bolton Wanderers
Latest: Mansfield Town · 0–1
Match stats
29 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Home vs Mansfield Town · 2025/2026
Northampton Town
Latest: Huddersfield Town · 0–2
Match stats
29 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Huddersfield Town · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Bolton Wanderers’s ground: 4 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Bolton Wanderers’s home games with Northampton Town’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Bolton Wanderers
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Northampton Town
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Bolton Wanderers
Northampton Town
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Bolton Wanderers
Northampton Town
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Bolton Wanderers
Northampton Town
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.