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Bolton vs Preston

Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 1

Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 1

Full time

Toughsheet Community Stadium, BoltonCapacity 28,723

Timeline

  1. Kick-off
  2. 13'Yellow card. A. McCannYellow Card · FoulTeam: Preston
  3. 14'1-0Goal. S. DalbyNormal GoalTeam: Bolton
  4. 25'2-0Goal. T. Gale (J. McAtee)Normal GoalTeam: Bolton
  5. 27'Yellow card. Jordan ThompsonYellow Card · FoulTeam: Preston
  6. 42'Yellow card. Pol ValentínYellow Card · FoulTeam: Preston
  7. 2-0Half time
  8. Second half
  9. 48'Yellow card. J. SheehanYellow Card · FoulTeam: Bolton
  10. 63'Substitution. Jordan Thompson replaced by Leo LeroySubstitution 1Team: Preston
  11. 64'Substitution. Pol Valentín replaced by O. OffiahSubstitution 2Team: Preston
  12. 64'Substitution. C. Lang replaced by J. ErabiSubstitution 3Team: Preston
  13. 75'Substitution. Gaizka Larrazabal replaced by S. Iling-JuniorSubstitution 1Team: Bolton
  14. 75'Substitution. J. McAtee replaced by R. HardieSubstitution 2Team: Bolton
  15. 79'Substitution. Delano Burgzorg replaced by T. SmallSubstitution 4Team: Preston
  16. 79'Substitution. A. Hughes replaced by A. VukčevićSubstitution 5Team: Preston
  17. 82'Substitution. M. Conway replaced by E. ToalSubstitution 3Team: Bolton
  18. 85'Substitution. Luca Stephenson replaced by Lewis BruntSubstitution 4Team: Bolton
  19. 85'Substitution. T. Gale replaced by Kyliane DongSubstitution 5Team: Bolton
  20. 86'2-1Goal. J. Erabi (A. Vukčević)Normal GoalTeam: Preston
  21. 88'Yellow card. C. Forino-JosephYellow Card · FoulTeam: Bolton
  22. 2-1Full time

Line-ups

Bolton

Formation 4-2-3-1

J. Bonham7.3
C. Forino-Joseph7.2
M. Conway7.2
Luca Stephenson6.3
J. Sheehan7.3
T. Gale8.2
E. Erhahon7.2
J. McAtee6.3
S. Dalby7.5

Preston

Formation 4-2-3-1

Pol Valentín5.3
L. Lindsay7.2
J. Storey6.2
A. Hughes6.6
A. McCann6.9
C. Lang6.5
Jordan Thompson6.6

Bolton

4-2-3-1

Substitutes

Coach: Steven Schumacher

Preston

4-2-3-1

Substitutes

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

We publish a page only for players we can describe properly. Names without a link are in our records but have no page yet.

Match statistics

BoltonPreston
55%
Possession
45%
15
Shots
9
6
Shots on target
3
9
Shots off target
3
1
Shots blocked
3
7
Shots inside the box
8
8
Shots outside the box
1
2
Saves
3
5
Corners
2
3
Offsides
7
12
Fouls
11
2
Yellow cards
3
405
Passes
330
313
Accurate passes
232
77%
Pass accuracy
70%

Championship

Championship
TeamPGDPts
1Middlesbrough15+1129
2Stoke City15+629
3Southampton15+1428
4Wolves15+828
5West Brom15+828
6Birmingham14+1326
7Swansea14+526
8QPR15+624
9West Ham15+1423
10Sheffield Utd15+222
11Portsmouth15+222
12Norwich15+821
13Blackburn15-121
14Cardiff15018
15Wrexham15-218
16Millwall15-418
17Bristol City15-818
18Bolton15-917
19Charlton15-1017
20Watford15-1015
21Lincoln15-1115
22Burnley15-910
23Derby15-1610
24Preston15-178

Head to head

Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.

Bolton
0
Drawn
3
Preston
3

The record over the 6 meetings listed below.

  • BoltonPrestonFTChampionship
  • PrestonBoltonFTChampionship
  • BoltonPrestonFTChampionship
  • PrestonBoltonFTChampionship
  • BoltonPrestonFTChampionship
  • PrestonBoltonFTChampionship

Bolton beat Preston 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 August. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

Times are shown in UTC.