Red hot Bodvarsson, Afolayan, referee - Four ups and one down from Bolton's win vs Accrington
Bolton Wanderers are now six games unbeaten in League One following victory against Accrington Stanley.
Dapo Afolayan put the hosts in front before half-time versus Accrington at the University of Bolton Stadium with his 14th strike of the season as Wanderers went in leading at the break yesterday on Easter Monday.
Jay Rich-Baghuelou leveled for the visitors early in the second half before Jon Dadi Bodvarsson came off the bench to fire Wanderers back in front.
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Accrington had a goal for Tommy Leigh ruled out for offside before they were reduced to 10 men after Rosaire Longelo was shown a straight red card for fouling Aaron Morley, before Bodvarsson scored his second to wrap up the three points for Wanderers in a 3-1 victory.
Here, we analyse the encounter from a Wanderers perspective and the ups and downs for the Whites.
Ups
Bodvarsson on fire as bench makes impact again
The Iceland international took some time to get going fully at Wanderers owing to his lack of game time this season at previous club Millwall prior to his arrival in January.
But now, Bodvarsson looks on fire and improving with every game he plays and, in some ways for him, it is a shame the season is nearly over. Bodvarsson helped changed the game against Stanley as part of reinforcements off the bench through two clinical and well taken strikes.
As well as bright impacts made by Amadou Bakayoko and Kieran Sadlier, Bodvarsson helped make the difference and bodes well for next campaign with a full pre-season under his belt.
Afolayan back on the scoresheet
Afolayan is the club's top scorer this season in what is his first full campaign in men's