January 21st features a match where Derby County hosts Bolton Wanderers at Pride Park Stadium in a meeting of these two League One teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 4th placed Derby County is fresh off their 3-2 win against Cheltenham Town. Caleb Taylor struck first for Cheltenham Town in the 2nd minute on a feed from Liam Sercombe, then Conor Hourihane tied it up for Derby County in the 8th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 11th minute on a goal by Max Bird to cap off a wild match. Derby County should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Bolton Wanderers, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Portsmouth. Dion Charles struck first for Bolton Wanderers in the 15th minute on a feed from R Williams, then Kieran Lee added another in the 48th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Portsmouth couldn’t manage to score, and Bolton Wanderers took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Bolton Wanderers should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in University Of Bolton Stadium, Bolton Wanderers and Derby County battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Bolton Wanderers nor Derby County could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Bolton Wanderers is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Eoin Toal and Dion Charles each having 2 goals in their last five. Tom Barkhuizen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Derby County.