Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
AccringtonAccrington Stanley1BoltonBolton Wanderers0
Tommy Leigh's winner edged Accrington Stanley closer to the League One play-off places with a narrow victory over Bolton.
Wanderers have now suffered six successive away league defeats without scoring a goal, and have slipped down the table with just four wins in their last 13 league games.
In a frantic opening, Stanley's Ross Sykes had two headers cleared off the line, while Eoin Doyle wasted a good chance for Bolton, and Reds' keeper Toby Savin superbly denied Declan John with an acrobatic save.
Stanley took the lead after 20 minutes when Sykes' long ball forward bounced in the area and Leigh got his head to it to loop the ball over Joel Dixon for his second league goal of the season.
Adam Senior had a free header at the end of the half for Wanderers but could not guide it on target as Stanley held on to their lead at half-time.
The second half continued at a hectic pace although chances were at a premium.
Sykes had a goal ruled out for a foul on goalkeeper Dixon, while Stanley substitute Matt Butcher saw two long-range efforts go narrowly wide.
Bolton had 2,599 fans out of the crowd 4,546, but once again they left empty-handed.
Match report supplied by PA Media
Line-ups
Accrington
Formation 4-5-1
- 40SavinBooked at 63mins
- 38AmankwahBooked at 45mins
- 5Sykes
- 12Nottingham
- 2Rodgers
- 41MalcolmSubstituted forButcherat 70'minutes
- 18LeighSubstituted forWoodsat 84'minutes
- 16CoyleBooked at 50mins
- 4Hamilton
- 11McConvilleSubstituted forO'Sullivanat 49'minutes
- 9Bishop
Substitutes
- 1Trafford
- 3Sherring
- 6Butcher
- 7O'Sullivan
- 26Mansell
- 35Nolan
- 39Woods
Bolton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 12Dixon
- 34Senior
- 27Baptiste
- 6Johnston
- 3John
- 4Williams
- 20LeeSubstituted forDelfounesoat 88'minutes
- 24Kachunga
- 25Thomason
- 17Afolayan
- 9DoyleSubstituted forAmaechiat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Gilks
- 7Delfouneso
- 14Amaechi
- 21Brockbank
- 29Gordon
- 42Tweedley
- 49Pettifer
- Referee:
- Alan Young
- Attendance:
- 4,546
Match Stats
Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamBolton
- Possession
- Home41%
- Away59%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away2
- Corners
- Home7
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away13
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Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
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MJ Williams (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ethan Hamilton (Accrington Stanley).
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Declan John.
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by George Thomason.
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Attempt blocked. Matt Butcher (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Hamilton.
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Attempt missed. Colby Bishop (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by John O'Sullivan.
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Foul by George Thomason (Bolton Wanderers).
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John O'Sullivan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Nathan Delfouneso replaces Kieran Lee.
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Attempt missed. Ross Sykes (Accrington Stanley) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by John O'Sullivan with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Alex Baptiste.
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Foul by Elias Kachunga (Bolton Wanderers).
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Yeboah Amankwah (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Josh Woods replaces Tommy Leigh.
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Foul by Oladapo Afolayan (Bolton Wanderers).
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Ross Sykes (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by George Thomason (Bolton Wanderers).
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Colby Bishop (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Karma for Sean McConville injuring himself after trying to get a fellow professional sent off. He represents all that’s wrong with this game on the pitch today.
Evatt ,bring back Dennis Politic now , stop being stubborn and be flexible.
shot sleeves...but....gloves.
I've been going Stanley over 30 years.
He is no captain of mine.