Sheffield Utd vs Bolton — Championship: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow5 clips- 1′Bolton, goal:0–1
- 4′Sheffield Utd, goal:1–1assist
- 39′Bolton, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time1 – 1
- 46′Bolton, substitution:off
- 49′Bolton, yellow card:Foul
- 61′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 61′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 62′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 67′Bolton, goal:1–2assist
- 68′Sheffield Utd, goal:2–2assist
- 75′Bolton, substitution:off
- 80′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 81′Bolton, substitution:off
- 81′Bolton, substitution:off
- 86′Sheffield Utd, substitution:off
- 90′Bolton, substitution:off
- 90′Sheffield Utd, goal:3–2assist
- 90+4′Sheffield Utd, yellow card:C. Wilder
- Full-time3 – 2
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Sheffield Utd vs Bolton — the facts
Sheffield Utd beat Bolton 3–2 (half-time 1–1).
Sheffield Utd met Bolton in the Championship (Regular Season - 4). Kick-off was Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 18:45 UTC at Bramall Lane. Referee: Tony Harrington.
Team pages: Sheffield Utd · Bolton · Championship
Key moments
- 1' Goal: Xavier Simons — 0–1 · Watch Xavier Simons's goal video (1')
- 4' Goal: Japhet Tanganga (assist: Sydie Peck) — 1–1 · Watch Japhet Tanganga's goal video (4')
- 67' Goal: Samuel Dalby (assist: Thierry Gale) — 1–2 · Watch Samuel Dalby's goal video (67')
- 68' Goal: Patrick Bamford (assist: Sam McCallum) — 2–2 · Watch Patrick Bamford's goal video (68')
- 90' Goal: Romelle Donovan (assist: Kalvin Phillips) — 3–2 · Watch Romelle Donovan's goal video (90')
Starting line-ups
Sheffield Utd (4-4-2)
Bolton (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sheffield Utd 62%, the draw 25%, Bolton 13%. It finished Sheffield Utd 3–2 Bolton.
Sheffield Utd's rating gap decides it — Sheffield Utd are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Sheffield Utd's 62%. The draw at 25% is helped by a draw-heavy league.
Why Sheffield Utd at 62%?
Sheffield Utd sit 227 points higher on our strength rating — 1546 to 1319. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge at home won 67.0% of 5,969 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 61–21–18.
Why only 62%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Sheffield Utd's column. Across 10,876 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018. Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 24.9% norm). Championship homes won 43.0% of 8,391 games vs 44.9% across all 99,641 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.6%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,722. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 2.0 points. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Bolton are newly promoted — game 4 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides ran below their rating in nine of the last ten seasons — 26.5% wins in their first ten games where the rating expected 30.0% (2,793 games since 2012), fading but still visible through game nineteen. Last 4 between them: Sheffield Utd 3 wins, 0 draws, Bolton 1 win. Most recently Sheffield Utd 2–0 Bolton, 8 years ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 43.1% of 5070 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Sheffield Utd vs Bolton final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Championship fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Xavier Simons's goal against Sheffield Utd (1').
- Watch Japhet Tanganga's goal against Bolton (4').
- Watch Samuel Dalby's goal against Sheffield Utd (67').
- Watch Patrick Bamford's goal against Bolton (68').
- Watch Romelle Donovan's goal against Bolton (90').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Sheffield Utd 3–2 Bolton. Explore more on the Sheffield Utd and Bolton team pages or the Championship page.