Bolton Wanderers vs Portsmouth. Sky Bet League One.
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Bolton 3-0 Portsmouth: Dion Charles on target as Wanderers see off Pompey
Saturday 14 January 2023 18:13, UK
Dion Charles scored his 12th goal of the season as Bolton beat Portsmouth 3-0 in Sky Bet League One to register a second win in five days over their south coast visitors.
The Northern Ireland international fired Ian Evatt's play-off chasers in front with a left-foot finish after 15 minutes.
Jon Dadi Bodvarsson had netted a midweek Papa John's Trophy winner against Pompey to earn Wanderers a semi-final trip to Accrington.
This time he suffered a game ending injury 10 minutes before the break, however, handing a debut to Southampton loanee Dan Nlundulu.
Bolton, unbeaten in eight games in all competitions, survived a rare scare when Michael Morrison headed narrowly wide in the first half.
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And they tightened their grip two minutes after the re-start. Goalkeeper Josh Oluwayemi fumbled Kyle Dempsey's cross and Kieran Lee fired home his third goal of the Trotters' ever-improving season.
Oluwayemi denied Nlundulu a first Wanderers goal before Eoin Toal steered in Conor Bradley's assist to wrap up victory and leave Portsmouth, under the caretaker charge of Simon Bassey, without a league win since October 22.
