LONDON. Bolton Wanderers had a surprising win over Charlton Athletic with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Williams (16′) and a goal from D. Charles (21′). Charlton Athletic lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the The Valley stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The referee was Geoff Eltringham who was helped by Matt McGrath and Mark Pottage. The 4th official was Ruebyn Ricardo. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.39 degrees Celsius or 50.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Charlton Athletic had a superior ball possession 57% while Bolton Wanderers was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Charlton Athletic was more pushing with 98 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Bolton Wanderers found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Charlton Athletic shot 12 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Bolton Wanderers shot 12 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card (Lloyd Jones). Regarding the opposition, Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card (Nathan Baxter).

Standings

After this match, Charlton Athletic will stay with 18 points like Port Vale to sit in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Bolton Wanderers will have 29 points like Oxford United to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Charlton Athletic will play away with Port Vale on the 6th of January with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Bolton Wanderers will play away agasint Wigan Athletic on the 6th of January with a 12-7 head to head in favor of Wigan Athletic (11 draws).

Charlton Athletic – Formation

Charlton Athletic started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Michael Appleton decided to play with the following team: Ashley Maynard Brewer (6.7), Tennai Watson (6.7), Michael Hector (7.0), Lloyd Jones (6.8), Terell Thomas (6.3), Scott Fraser (6.7), George Dobson (6.7), Tyreece Campbell (6.4), Panutche Camará (6.7), Corey Blackett-Taylor (6.1) and Alfie May (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Ness, Miles Leaburn (7.1), Charlie Kirk, Louie Watson (7.0), Slobodan Tedić, Nathan Asiimwe (7.0) and Sam Walker.

Substitutions

Charlton Athletic made 3 changes: Scott Fraser for Louie Watson (58′), Panutche Camará for Miles Leaburn (65′) and Terell Thomas for Nathan Asiimwe (65′).

Best player: Alfie May​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Charlton Athletic was Alfie May.

His rating is (7.5) with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Bolton Wanderers – Formation

Bolton Wanderers started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

Ian Ross Evatt played with: Nathan Baxter (7.1), Gethin Jones (7.9), Ricardo Santos (8.1), Eoin Toal (7.3), Josh Sheehan (7.3), Josh Dacres-Cogley (8.2), George Thomason (7.3), Aaron Morley (7.0), Randell Williams (8.1), Dion Charles (7.7) and Victor Adeboyejo (6.8).

They had on the bench: Jack Iredale, Jón Daði Böðvarsson (6.4), Dan N’Lundulu (6.7), William Forrester, Edmond-Paris Maghoma (7.0), Cameron Jerome and Luke Hutchinson.

Substitutions

Bolton Wanderers made 3 changes: Victor Adeboyejo for Jón Daði Böðvarsson (71′), George Thomason for Edmond-Paris Maghoma (75′) and Dion Charles for Dan N’Lundulu (78′).

Best player: Josh Dacres-Cogley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bolton Wanderers was Josh Dacres-Cogley even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 33 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Wigan Athletic – Shrewsbury Town – 2-0
• Stevenage – Derby County – 3-1
• Reading – Portsmouth – 2-3
• Port Vale – Cheltenham Town – 1-2
• Oxford United – Wycombe Wanderers – 2-2
• Exeter City – Lincoln City – 1-1
• Charlton Athletic – Bolton Wanderers – 0-2
• Cambridge United – Carlisle United – 1-0
• Burton Albion – Leyton Orient – 0-0
• Bristol Rovers – Northampton Town – 2-1
• Blackpool – Peterborough United – 2-4
• Barnsley – Fleetwood Town – 2-2