Second half goals from Dion Charles and Victor Adeboyejo gave Bolton Wanderers a well-deserved 2-0 win at Fleetwood Town.
The visitors dominated throughout in atrocious conditions on the Lancashire coast but had to wait until the 49th minute to lead, then seeing out the victory with little resistance and sealing it with a late goal from Adeboyejo.
Title challengers Bolton made all the running in the first half but failed to turn their dominance into goals.
Jon Dadi Bodvarsson went closest as half-time loomed but his reaction finish from Charles’ cross cannoned back off the post at close range.
The Iceland striker had also been inches away from turning home when Fleetwood goalkeeper Jay Lynch parried Randell Williams’ shot.
Bolton did have the ball in the net after 25 minutes, Charles sliding in a cross from Josh Dacres-Cogley, but the offside flag cut short their celebrations.
Fleetwood, second bottom and without a league win since early November, offered little going forward with a weak shot from Phoenix Patterson, easily collected by Nathan Baxter, their only effort on goal.
It took Wanderers just four minutes of the second half to finally edge ahead. The ball fell to Charles in the Town box and his shot took a cruel deflection off Josh Earl, wrong-footing Lynch.
Substitute Adeboyejo doubled Bolton’s lead after 83 minutes. Charles stepped over Kyle Dempsey’s pass and Adeboyejo, who hit a hat-trick in their home win against Fleetwood in August, duly hammered in the second.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Lynch
- 25TealeSubstituted forMarriottat 75′minutes
- 16Heneghan
- 5Lawal
- 32Earl
- 22DolanSubstituted forAsamoahat 81′minutesBooked at 82mins
- 4Sarpong-WireduBooked at 36mins
- 8Vela
- 15QuitirnaSubstituted forTshimangaat 45′minutes
- 9Stockley
- 44Patterson
Substitutes
- 2Johnston
- 7Tshimanga
- 14Marriott
- 18Holgate
- 21Hayes
- 30McMullan
- 51Asamoah
Bolton
Formation 3-1-4-2
- 1Baxter
- 2Jones
- 5Almeida Santos
- 18Toal
- 8SheehanSubstituted forMorleyat 75′minutes
- 12Dacres-Cogley
- 4ThomasonBooked at 41mins
- 22Dempsey
- 27WilliamsSubstituted forAshworthat 90+1′minutes
- 10CharlesSubstituted forJeromeat 87′minutes
- 9BödvarssonSubstituted forAdeboyejoat 75′minutes
Substitutes
- 13Coleman
- 14Adeboyejo
- 15Forrester
- 16Morley
- 19Maghoma
- 26Ashworth
- 35Jerome
- Referee:
- Ollie Yates
- Attendance:
- 3,922
Live Text
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Match ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Bolton Wanderers 2.
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Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 0, Bolton Wanderers 2.
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Josh Dacres-Cogley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Jack Marriott (Fleetwood Town).
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Gethin Jones (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jack Marriott (Fleetwood Town).
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Kyle Dempsey.
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Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Zachary Ashworth replaces Randell Williams.
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Offside, Bolton Wanderers. Cameron Jerome is caught offside.
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Hand ball by Kabongo Tshimanga (Fleetwood Town).
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Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Cameron Jerome replaces Dion Charles.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Gethin Jones.
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Attempt blocked. Bosun Lawal (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by George Thomason (Bolton Wanderers).
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Jayden Stockley (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Goal! Fleetwood Town 0, Bolton Wanderers 2. Victor Adeboyejo (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Dempsey.
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Maleace Asamoah (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Randell Williams (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Maleace Asamoah (Fleetwood Town).
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Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Maleace Asamoah replaces Callum Dolan.
