Charlton vs Bolton 0-1

Bolton left The Valley with a 1-0 win after Sam Dalby’s 18th-minute goal decided it, and Charlton could not find a way back after the break.

Dalby opened the scoring from an assist by the same player who helped him, and it stayed the only goal before half-time. Charlton trailed 1-0 at the interval.

Charlton made a change at the break, with Nathaniel Chalobah off and Miles Leaburn on, and later sent on Matt Godden on 61 minutes for Charlie Kelman. Bolton made two changes on 61 minutes, bringing on Gaizka Larrazabal for Samuel Iling and Thierry Gale for Max Lott, then another on 74 minutes when Ruben Rodrigues replaced Josh Sheehan. Charlton had more of the ball and more of the shots, but Bolton kept their lead, with Rodrigues booked a minute after coming on and the home side failing to turn 14 attempts into an equaliser.

Charlton had 57% of possession and 457 passes to Bolton’s 356, while also finishing with 14 shots to 11 and 4 corners to 3. Bolton had more shots on target, 3 to 2, and the higher expected goals figure at 0.72 to Charlton’s 0.93.

Harvey Knibbs was booked for Charlton in the 20th minute and Ruben Rodrigues was booked for Bolton in the 75th minute. There were no red cards.