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# Bolton 2-1 Preston

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 15 Aug 12:30
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 1
- **Venue:** Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 13' | Yellow Card | A. McCann | Preston |
| 14' | Normal Goal | S. Dalby | Bolton |
| 25' | Normal Goal | T. Gale (J. McAtee) | Bolton |
| 27' | Yellow Card | J. Thompson | Preston |
| 42' | Yellow Card | P. Valentin | Preston |
| 48' | Yellow Card | J. Sheehan | Bolton |
| 64' | Substitution 1 | J. Thompson (on for L. Leroy) | Preston |
| 64' | Substitution 2 | C. Lang (on for J. Erabi) | Preston |
| 64' | Substitution 3 | P. Valentin (on for O. Offiah) | Preston |
| 75' | Substitution 1 | J. McAtee (on for R. Hardie) | Bolton |
| 75' | Substitution 2 | G. Larrazabal (on for S. Iling Junior) | Bolton |
| 79' | Substitution 4 | A. Hughes (on for A. Vukcevic) | Preston |
| 79' | Substitution 5 | D. Burgzorg (on for T. Small) | Preston |
| 82' | Substitution 3 | M. Conway (on for E. Toal) | Bolton |
| 85' | Substitution 4 | T. Gale (on for K. Dong) | Bolton |
| 85' | Substitution 5 | L. Stephenson (on for L. Brunt) | Bolton |
| 86' | Normal Goal | J. Erabi (A. Vukcevic) | Preston |
| 88' | Yellow Card | C. Forino-Joseph | Bolton |

## Statistics

| Stat | Bolton | Preston |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 6 | 3 |
| Shots off Goal | 9 | 2 |
| Total Shots | 15 | 8 |
| Blocked Shots | 1 | 3 |
| Shots insidebox | 7 | 7 |
| Shots outsidebox | 8 | 1 |
| Fouls | 11 | 11 |
| Corner Kicks | 5 | 2 |
| Offsides | 3 | 7 |
| Ball Possession | 56% | 44% |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 2 | 3 |
| Total passes | 391 | 312 |
| Passes accurate | 304 | 224 |
| Passes % | 78% | 72% |
| expected_goals | 1.10 | 0.81 |
| goals_prevented | -0.09 | -0.09 |

## Bolton Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Jack Bonham (1), Luca Stephenson (27), Chris Forino (3), Akin Famewo (14), Max Conway (25), Josh Sheehan (8), Ethan Erhahon (21), Gaizka Larrazabal (22), John McAtee (45), Thierry Gale (11), Sam Dalby (10)

**Substitutes:** David Harrington (23), Eoin Toal (18), Cyrus Christie (29), Ben Davies (6), Lewis Brunt (5), Samuel Iling Junior (16), Kyliane Dong (7), David Watson (12), Ryan Hardie (39)


## Preston Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Daniel Iversen (1), Pol Valentín (2), Jordan Storey (14), Liam Lindsay (6), Andrew Hughes (16), Ali McCann (8), Jordan Thompson (15), Alfie Devine (7), Callum Lang (10), Delano Burgzorg (37), Milutin Osmajić (28)

**Substitutes:** Lee Nicholls (21), Ed Nolan (32), Andrija Vukčević (3), Odeluga Offiah (24), Leo Leroy (27), Thierry Small (11), Andrew Moran (23), George Gryba (30), Jusef Erabi (9)