Derby extend their unbeaten league run to nine matches with a goalless draw against fellow promotion hopefuls Bolton.
- Home2 - Home9 - Shots - 25,428 - 19Trafford "I thought when we showed some composure we played through them quite well, but we didn't show that enough.
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"So at the end of the season, if we lose at Bolton and then win ten other games that get us where we want to be then losing at Bolton isn't a drama. We have full coverage of the game and will be bringing you every kick this afternoon. More than 5,000 fans will be here today in the away end which is a terrific turnout and hopefully they are given plenty to cheer. Welcome from the UOB stadium where the Rams face their first festive holiday game and it should be a cracker too. You just have to try to crack a couple of wins out over the next three. We need to get up there and we will definitely go to Bolton thinking that we're going to go there to win. "And if I feel like I want to put him in the side, I will. It's about how do I keep all the players happy who aren't in the team. But I will look at Knighty over the next couple of days. Barkhuizen bundled over in the area and he wants a pen. But a point will be enough to take them back into the top six at the expense of Wycombe Wanderers. But I just thought Knighty had a real drive about him and a real forward purpose which I like.
Derby County Head Coach Paul Warne makes one change from the side that beat Forest Green Rovers 4-0 for today's trip to Bolton Wanderers.
On Tuesday, Bolton Wanderers will play Derby County at the University of Bolton Stadium in a League One football matchup.
After going winless in their previous four games, they are undefeated in their last four away games and could earn a point here. This season, Bolton has won 21 games and finished fifth in the League One standings with 35 points. On Tuesday, Bolton Wanderers will play Derby County at the University of Bolton Stadium in a League One football matchup.
Bolton Wanderers host Derby County in League One this afternoon. Bolton Wanderers sit 5th in the third tier, and come into this one off the back of a ...
“Warne will be hoping to secure his second promotion from League One in just as many years. “This could be a game that defines either side’s season. However, Paul Warne’s side are unbeaten in seven and probably hold more momentum coming into this one.
Jack Iredale is relishing the prospect of playing in front of a bumper Bolton crowd as Wanderers eye a possible red-letter day.
“We’re looking forward to it. And a third successive victory would also be the ideal way to start a key run of fixtures either side of the turn of the year. Jack Iredale is relishing the prospect of playing in front of a bumper Bolton crowd as Wanderers eye a possible red-letter day.
Wanderers play their final home game of the year when they face Derby County on Bank Holiday Tuesday (KO 3pm).
Match the published time of the first goal to the one printed in your ticket to win the £500 cash prize. Tonight’s 48-page matchday programme is available to buy in and around the stadium, with the spotlight on free-scoring Whites’ wing-back Conor Bradley. Supporters are reminded of the ANPR car parking system in place at the University of Bolton Stadium, so please remember to pay for your parking either at the machines in the car parks or online. The ticket office is open until 3pm with half-season tickets for the remaining home games of 2022/23 available to buy until then. [HERE](https://www.eticketing.co.uk/bwfc/Events) with supporters encouraged to use the online option and buy in advance. A big crowd is expected at the University of Bolton Stadium so please plan your journey and arrive in plenty of time to avoid possible queues.
Derby boss Paul Warne says his side's goalless draw against Wanderers was played in “horrendous conditions”.
I was hugely disappointed but I haven’t seen it back.” He added: “I think the ref said something about it being a ‘fair contact’. “But generally speaking, I thought it was two pretty good teams in horrendous conditions.
After losing two key men in Ricardo Santos and Gethin Jones, Bolton fans were worried. But Eoin Toal, Will Aimson and George Johnston have stepped…
It was a real full throttle, energetic game. “It confused us, really,” Evatt said of the formation switch. And while Tuesday’s point felt a little unsatisfactory on home soil, the Wanderers boss said his players’ attitude to make sure it was the bare minimum they took from the game was exemplary. “It took us a while to get used to it and we didn’t have that control in the middle of the pitch but what we did out of possession was excellent and the times we were composed and link passes we looked like we could hurt them, we just didn’t take those big moments when they came.” “Derby have predominantly been 4-4-2 and we thought with that extra player in the middle of the pitch we could dominate the ball and have more control, but it is credit to us that they changed to 4-2-3-1. “I think we had the better of it, I genuinely do, but I also think there is more to come and that we can be a lot better than that also, especially in possession.
Wanderers couldn't find a winner but gave everything for the biggest University of Bolton Stadium crowd for over a decade to hopefully leave them wanting more. The attendance of 25,428 was the White's highest home gate since the final game of their ...
And with the contest still on a knife edge and Derby responding, top scorer James Collins flashed a header into the side netting from a Conor Hourihane cross just after Wanderers had made their first changes with MJ Williams and Kyle Dempsey coming on to provide fresh legs in the middle of the pitch. And in the visitors’ best spell of the first half just before the break, a cross from Louie Sibley sliced off the otherwise exemplary Will Aimson to bounce on the top of the Wanderers’ bar. Wanderers had more of the ball and the better sights of goal as they tried to work an opening.
The ex-Aberdeen skipper was pictured with a supporter in the away end at Bolton, just 24 hours after playing for his own club Wigan.
Warne did say that he was in talks to a player who was involved in a promotion; all the pieces are coming together!" and Rams fan Connor went one step further, tweeting: "Why would he be there if he wasn't coming back to the Rams? But as the club faced more financial troubles, he was sold onto Wigan in January 2022 for a nominal fee of £30,000. Aberdeen-born Shinnie had racked up an impressive 187 appearances for the Dons between 2015 and 2019 scoring on 12 occasions, before opting to try his luck down south. [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/)after the game to speculate about a possible return to Pride Park for Shinnie, and urged the club to try and re-sign him. The Scotland international had previously swapped
Wanderers secured a point against play-off rivals Derby County - and Ian Evatt was looking firmly on the bright side.
“But they have changed their shape for us, they played in transition and counter attacks. There is a progression. They had two chances and took them.
Bolton Wanderers drew 0-0 against Derby County in their final home game of 2022. The result leaves Ian Evatt's side 5th in the League One table as we ...
To compete for a top two spot, Bolton will need to pose a more dangerous threat in the final third against teams of this quality. Evatt’s side never posed too significant of a threat in front of goal, making this a fairly comfortable draw for a finish. Bolton held the majority of possession in this fixture, making 353 passes to Derby’s 295 for 54 per cent of the ball.