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Millwall — Bolton: 4:0, Championship

Championship
Millwall L2 Sep · Home Wrexham · 0:3W5 Sep · Home Bolton · 4:0L8 Sep · Home Newcastle United · 0:1L12 Sep · Away Blackburn · 1:3D15 Sep · Away Middlesbrough · 2:2D19 Sep · Home West Ham · 2:2
4:0
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Bolton L29 Aug · Home Lincoln · 0:1L1 Sep · Away Sheffield United · 2:3L5 Sep · Away Millwall · 0:4L8 Sep · Home West Ham · 2:3W12 Sep · Home Cardiff · 1:0W20 Sep · Away Norwich City · 4:3
Venue: The Den City: London

In the Championship game on 5 September 2026, Millwall beat Bolton 4:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:4, corners 3:9.

Match report

Millwall put Bolton Wanderers to the sword with a 4-0 victory at the Den on Saturday evening. The Championship's fifth round saw the home side dominate proceedings from start to finish, with goals from Caleb Taylor, Lyndon Dykes twice, and Camiel Neghli sealing the result. Bolton's night went from bad to worse when two players received red cards in the final minutes.

Taylor opened the scoring in the thirty-eighth minute, and it was the kind of moment that shifts momentum. To be fair, Bolton had more of the ball but struggled to create anything meaningful. Millwall's pressing game got under the visitors' skin, and by then the visitors were already playing catch-up.

Things turned ugly after the interval. Akin Famewo picked up a yellow card in the seventy-fifth minute before being replaced. Then came the double dismissal — Jenson Metcalfe and Josh Sheehan both went to the sin-bin in the eightieth-sixth minute. Dykes capitalised on the numerical advantage, scoring twice in quick succession. And here's the thing: Bolton were left with nine men while still having to chase the game.

The statistics tell an interesting story. Bolton enjoyed 61 per cent possession and made 412 passes to Millwall's 265, yet Millwall's expected goals total reached 2.63 compared to Bolton's 1.15. Five shots on target against four tells you everything about efficiency — Bolton ran riot in midfield but couldn't convert their territory into chances.

The result leaves Millwall seventh on nine points after five games, while Bolton sink further to twenty-first place with just four points. The hosts had lost three of their previous five matches, including heavy defeats to Rexton and Southampton, but this performance finally showed improvement. Bolton's struggles continue — they've now lost three of five and sit in the relegation zone.

Prepared from match data

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Key numbers

Possession, % 39 – 61
Shots on target 5 – 4
Shots off target 4 – 5
Expected goals 2.63 – 1.15

Match events

  1. 38' 1:0 Millwall Goal Caleb Taylor assist: Jenson Metcalfe
  2. 45' 1:0 Bolton Substitution John Mcatee off: Ruben Rodrigues
  3. 55' 1:0 Millwall Substitution Derek Mazou Sacko off: D. Kelly
  4. 60' 1:0 Bolton Substitution Sam Dalby off: Thelonius Bair
  5. 60' 1:0 Bolton Substitution Samuel Iling off: Kyliane Dong
  6. 65' 1:0 Millwall Substitution Taïryk Arconte off: Yanis Ali Issoufou
  7. 65' 1:0 Millwall Substitution Romain Esse off: Zakariya Lovelace
  8. 75' 1:0 Bolton Yellow card Akin Famewo
  9. 75' 1:0 Bolton Substitution Akin Famewo off: Max Conway
  10. 76' 1:0 Bolton Substitution Xavier Simons off: Ryan Hardie
  11. 81' 1:0 Millwall Substitution Jordi Osei-Tutu off: Elkan Baggott
  12. 83' 2:0 Millwall Goal Lyndon Dykes assist: Zakariya Lovelace
  13. 86' 2:0 Bolton Red card Josh Sheehan
  14. 86' 2:0 Millwall Red card Jenson Metcalfe
  15. 88' 3:0 Millwall Goal Lyndon Dykes assist: Zak Sturge
  16. 90+2' 4:0 Millwall Goal Camiel Neghli

Statistics

39 Possession, % 61
5 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 5
2.63 Expected goals 1.15
5 Big chances 1
82 Attacks 92
3 Corners 9
13 Fouls 14
14 Free kicks 13
8 Offsides 0
0 Yellow cards 1
1 Red cards 1
9 Goal kicks 6
16 Throw-ins 13
All statistics
24/4751% Aerial duels 23/4749%
42 Backward passes 69
3 Blocked shots 4
27 Clearances 32
4/1724% Crosses 6/2623%
3/743% Dribbles 6/1540%
0.75 Expected assists 0.86
79 Failed passes 78
4 Goalkeeper saves 1
6 Interceptions 6
8 Key passes 10
26/5646% Long passes 25/5446%
53 Passes into the final third 70
188 Passes in the opposition half 226
94 Passes in own half 212
0.42 Shot accuracy 0.31
1 Shots from outside the box 2
11 Shots inside the box 11
7/1354% Tackles 2/729%
265 Total passes 412

Line-ups

Millwall

Starting XI
# Player number
15 Maxime Teremoana Crocombe 15
2 Jordi Martin Emmanuel Osei-Tutu 2
3 Zak Norton Sturge 3
5 Jake Matthew Cooper 5
6 Caleb Taylor 6
7 Taïryk Arconte 7
10 Camiel Neghli 10
11 Romain Ess 11
14 Jenson Metcalfe 14
49 Derek Mazou-Sacko 49
13 Lyndon John Dykes 13
Substitutes
# Player number
34 Filip Marschall 34
12 Elkan Baggott 12
23 Daniel Tanveer Batth 23
16 Daniel Kelly 16
44 A. Massy 44
29 Zak Lovelace 29
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Bolton

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Jack Bonham 1
3 Chris Forino-Joseph 3
5 Lewis Brunt 5
6 Benjamin Keith Davies 6
14 Akinlolu Richard Olamide Famewo 14
4 Xavier Levi Simons 4
8 Josh Sheehan 8
11 Thierry Mikael Gale 11
16 Samuel Iling-Junior 16
45 John George McAtee 45
10 Sam Dalby 10
Substitutes
# Player number
31 Gavin Bazunu 31
18 Eoin Toal 18
25 Max Conway 25
21 Ethan Erhahon 21
7 Kyliane Dong 7
9 Thelonius Bair 9
20 Rúben da Rocha Rodrigues 20
26 Jayden Nelson 26
39 Ryan Hardie 39
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