Bolton vs Bristol City 2-3

Bristol City won 3-2 at Toughsheet Community Stadium after Scott Twine struck in the third minute of stoppage time. Bolton led twice, and the visitors levelled each time before nicking the winner late on.

Bristol City opened the scoring in the 13th minute when Dominic Ballard finished from Jason Knight for 1-0. Bolton equalised three minutes later through Josh Sheehan, set up by Thierry Gale, and the sides went in level at 1-1.

Bolton went ahead again on 57 minutes, Sam Dalby scoring from Atsuki Ito to make it 2-1. Bristol City made two changes on 55 minutes, then another two on 78 minutes, and those switches changed the game: Sam Bellis, who came on in the 78th minute, equalised on 84 minutes from Cameron Pring. Scott Twine, who came on in the 67th minute, then sealed it in stoppage time from Jed Wallace, who had been introduced on 55 minutes.

Bolton had 65% of the ball, made 587 passes to Bristol City’s 316 and took 19 shots to 13, but the visitors had more shots on target, 8 to 6, and a higher expected goals figure of 2.68 to 1.28. Bolton also won 11 corners to 4 and had 5 saves to Bristol City’s 4, while Bristol City were flagged offside 5 times to Bolton’s 2.

Joe Williams was booked for Bristol City on 11 minutes, and Josh Sheehan saw yellow for Bolton on 30 minutes. There were no red cards.