Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Derby County

David Nugent scored with Derby County's only two shots on goal

David Nugent scored both goals as Derby County condemned Bolton Wanderers to their second home defeat since returning to the Championship.

Nugent netted twice inside the opening 21 minutes, flicking home the opener following some fine work by Matej Vydra on the left before nodding in his second from a Johnny Russell cross.

Vydra then wasted two chances and Andre Wisdom went close before the break.

In the 92nd minute, Gary Madine pounced to score what was a consolation goal.

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The close-range injury-time strike was the only shot on target by Bolton, a side who have collected both their points in the competition this season away from the Macron Stadium, and who rarely troubled the Rams.

With Wales winger Tom Lawrence, a £5m midweek signing from Leicester City, coming off the bench for Derby, the differences between them and Bolton, a club under transfer embargo and which has a prominent shareholder facing a winding-up petition in two days' time, was stark.

Nugent's brace of goals took his tally to eight goals in his past 12 league starts for Derby and, while Vyrdra was key in creating the opener, the Czech striker's finishing was less polished as he fired wide after going clear through on goal before then volleying over.

The Trotters had what would have been an earlier chance to pull a goal back waved away by referee Steve Martin, as Madine was hauled down in the box and penalty appeals were made in vain.

Madine eventually scored, but it was not enough as Derby won for the second time in four days and Bolton slipped to their 14th defeat in their past 20 games in the second tier, dating back to 13 February 2016.

Bolton manager Phil Parkinson:

"You can talk about Derby's movement but the goals were soft from our point of view. Both we should have avoided and we gave ourselves a mountain to climb against a good side.

"The first one came from a throw-in and if you look at the footage and think in five seconds it was going to end up in the back of our net you wouldn't believe it.

"Simple things like that have got to be done better."

Derby manager Gary Rowett:

"Nugent is a brilliant all-round player for us in the Championship - his finishes were great.

"To score two goals in the way we did was great but we should have come in four or five-nil up.

"The fact we didn't made the game edgy in the second half. We started the second half a bit sloppily for five or 10 minutes and made a few poor decisions.

"That invited an opportunity for Bolton and their crowd to get a bit of momentum."

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Line-ups

Bolton

• 33Howard
• 22Morais
• 4Dervite
• 32Burke
• 5BeeversBooked at 57mins
• 3TaylorSubstituted forWilbrahamat 81'minutes
• 21Pratley
• 16Cullen
• 8KaracanBooked at 35minsSubstituted forBuckleyat 68'minutes
• 20ArmstrongSubstituted forLe Fondreat 45'minutes
• 14Madine

Substitutes

• 2Little
• 9Le Fondre
• 11Buckley
• 13Alnwick
• 15Robinson
• 17Derik
• 18Wilbraham

Derby

• 1Carson
• 14WisdomBooked at 79mins
• 6Keogh
• 33Davies
• 29Olsson
• 44Huddlestone
• 15Johnson
• 7Russell
• 23VydraSubstituted forLawrenceat 67'minutes
• 19WeimannSubstituted forButterfieldat 86'minutes
• 28NugentSubstituted forMartinat 79'minutes

Substitutes

• 4Bryson
• 9Martin
• 10Lawrence
• 12Baird
• 16Pearce
• 18Butterfield
• 35Mitchell

Referee:

Steve Martin

Attendance:

15,175

Match Stats

Home TeamBoltonAway TeamDerby

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home7

Away10

Shots on Target

Home1

Away2

Corners

Home3

Away2

Fouls

Home12

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Derby County 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Derby County 2.

Posted at 90'+4'

Richard Keogh (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers).

Goal!

Posted at 90'+2'

Goal! Bolton Wanderers 1, Derby County 2. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Wilbraham.

Posted at 90'

Offside, Bolton Wanderers. Dorian Dervite tries a through ball, but Aaron Wilbraham is caught offside.

Substitution

Posted at 86'

Substitution, Derby County. Jacob Butterfield replaces Andreas Weimann.

Posted at 86'

Hand ball by William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers).

Posted at 83'

Bradley Johnson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers).

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Aaron Wilbraham replaces Andrew Taylor.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Andre Wisdom (Derby County).

Posted at 81'

Andrew Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 80'

Attempt blocked. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Derby County. Chris Martin replaces David Nugent.

Booking

Posted at 79'

Andre Wisdom (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Andre Wisdom (Derby County).

Posted at 79'

William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Richard Keogh.

Posted at 76'

Foul by David Nugent (Derby County).

Posted at 76'

Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 74'

Josh Cullen (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Tom Lawrence (Derby County).

Posted at 73'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 72'

Delay in match Andrew Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) because of an injury.

Posted at 71'

Attempt missed. Tom Lawrence (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers).

Posted at 70'

Andreas Weimann (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 70'

Attempt missed. Dorian Dervite (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filipe Morais following a set piece situation.

Posted at 69'

Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Tom Huddlestone (Derby County).

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. William Buckley replaces Jem Karacan.

Posted at 67'

Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Tom Lawrence (Derby County).

Substitution

Posted at 67'

Substitution, Derby County. Tom Lawrence replaces Matej Vydra.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers).

Posted at 63'

Matej Vydra (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 61'

Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dorian Dervite with a cross.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers).

Posted at 60'

Johnny Russell (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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