Bolton Wanderers 6 Sunderland 0: Story of the day as Lee Johnson's side are thrashed at the University of Bolton Stadium
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The Black Cats went in 2-0 down at half-time after goals from Dion Charles and Dapo Afolayan.
Charles then scored his second of the match shortly after the break, before Kieran Lee added a fourth before the hour mark.
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Hide AdA Danny Batth own goal and Declan John strike then made it a total embarrassment for Lee Johnson’s side.
Here’s how the game played out at the University of Bolton Stadium:
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RECAP: Bolton 6 (Charles, 20, 50) (Afolayan, 42) (Lee, 59) (John, 88) Sunderland 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Batth, Doyle, Cirkin (Clarke, 53), Evans, Neil (Pritchard, 53), Gooch, Embleton, Dajaku (Roberts, 66), Stewart
- Subs: Patterson, Flanagan, Hume, Roberts, Clarke, Pritchard, O’Brien
- Bolton XI: Trafford, Jones, Santon, Johnston, Fossey, Williams, Morley, John, Lee (Sadlier, 72), Charles (Bakayoko, 72), Afolayan (Bödvarsson, 72)
- Subs: Dixon, Bodvarsson, Bakayoko, Aimson, Sadlier, Thomason, Baptiste
36’ Another chance for Bolton
Bolton’s front two of Afoloyan and Charles have looked lively in this first half.
This time Afoloyan cut in from the left before firing a low effort just wide from distance.
33’ Foul throw
That just about sums up Sunderland’s half.
Winchester is pulled up for a foul throw after Sunderland had got into Bolton’s the final third.
31’ Embleton shot saved
That’s Sunderland’s first effort on target.
It came from distance as Embleton cut in from the right and curled an effort straight at Trafford.
Comfortable save.
28’ More pressure from Bolton
Sunderland are rocking here.
Another move down the right saw Fossey deliver a low cross into the box which was just cut out by Neil.
20’ Goal Bolton (Charles)
A really poor goal to concede.
It came straight from a goal kick as Trafford’s clearance went over Doyle’s head.
Charles ran in behind, as Hoffmann came off his line, and the Bolton striker dinked the bouncing ball over the goalkeeper.
1-0.
15’ Bolton trying to play out
Bolton are trying to play out from the back where possible but goalkeeper Trafford has been forced to try and switch the ball out to the flanks at times.
Santos was almost caught in possession by Stewart but managed to recover the situation.