Bolton 2 Wolves 1 - Report and pictures

Liam Feeney was allowed room to fire Bolton in front and then, on the stroke of half time, a needless Ethan Ebanks-Landell foul allowed Zach Clough to double their lead.

Benik Afobe halved the deficit, after Adam Le Fondre won a second-half penalty for Wolves.

But, despite some late pressure, Kenny Jackett's team failed to find an elusive equaliser and slipped to their third defeat of the season.

It was all the more galling given Bolton's dreadful record up to now - they registered their first victory and scored just their second and third goals of the campaign.

Jackett sprang a couple of surprises with his starting line-up, dropping Carl Ikeme despite his Nigeria heroics, while Kevin McDonald wasn't even on the bench.

Emiliano Martinez was given another chance in goal, with Jed Wallace handed his full Championship debut and Le Fondre partnered Benik Afobe up front.

Bolton had only scored one goal all season but the home side came racing out of the blocks, creating a double chance for Liam Feeney.

Bolton: Amos, Wilson, Osede, Gouano, Moxey, Danns (Vela 49), Davies, Madine, Silva, Clough (Heskey 73), Feeney.

Subs not used: Rabchuka, Spearing, Finney, Walker, Dobbie.

Wolves: Martinez; Doherty, Ebanks-Landell, Hause, Golbourne; Henry, Coady, Edwards, Wallace (Ojo 61), Afobe, Le Fondre.

Subs not used: Ikeme, Iorfa, Saville, Byrne, Van La Parra, Enobakhare.

He saw his first effort saved by Martinez and his second fly into the side netting. Martinez was being kepy busy in the opening stages and he superbly smothered Dean Moxey's shot from a free kick.

Former Bolton loanee Le Fondre was looking to impress and he got Wolves' first shot away with a low drive from the right of the box, that goalkeeper Ben Amos comfortably grabbed.

Feeney then took advantage of hesitant defending to hand the Trotters the lead ­- he latched onto a long through ball and beat Martinez with ease, as Wolves failed to get anywhere near the Bolton number seven.

Jackett's team responded well and Ebanks-Landell rose highest to meet a James Henry corner, forcing Amos to tip over.

From the second corner, Afobe flashed a shot wide on the turn as Wolves ramped up the pressure.

They were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty on 28 minutes, when Afobe's shirt was clearly pulled in the box by Prince-Desire Gouano, but referee Scott Duncan was unmoved.

Wolves fashioned a succession of half chances, with Afobe tamely nodding a Henry cross over and then Wallace curling harmlessly at Amos from 20 yards, after smartly creating space.

Wallace was involved again when he met Le Fondre's cross only to head wide, before Henry's blistering drive was prodded over by Amos just before the break.

But Wolves' good play was undone when they went into the break 2-0 down, after a rash challenge by Ebanks-Landell.

A corner came back into the Wolves box, with tricky Arsenal loanee Wellington Silva keeping close control.

He had men to beat but Ebanks-Landell, rushing back into the area, needlessly tripped him for a clear penalty, which was duly dispatched by Clough.

Wolves began the second half with intent and Ebanks-Landell, in a carbon copy of a first half chance, headed Henry's out-swinging corner over the bar when well placed.

Bolton, who lost Neil Danns to injury causing a long stoppage, hit back through the dangerous Feeney, who sent a diving header past the post.

Afobe's pace then yielded arguably Wolves' chance of the game when he raced clear, cut inside and fed Wallace whose shot from 12 yards, admittedly under pressure from a defender, was wide.

Edwards raced back to intercept a cross in the nick of time with Feeney about to pounce.

Then Jackett made his first change of the game on the hour mark, with Sheyi Ojo replacing Wallace.

Wolves were looking unlikely to mount a comeback - but then from nowhere they halved the deficit after winning a penalty.

Le Fondre cleverly controlled a left-wing cross and as he shaped to shoot was taken out, with referee Duncan having no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

Up stepped Afobe and, after a stuttered run-up, he sent Amos the wrong way and brought Wolves back into the game.

Bolton were suddenly jittery at the back and Amos spilled a cross, allowing Ojo to play inside to Edwards, who stabbed wide while sliding in.

But the hosts should have restored their two-goal advantage at the other end when Gary Madine found himself completely unmarked eight yards out.

However, he rushed his effort and crashed over the bar for a big Wolves let off. Le Fondre then tested Amos from range with a fierce 20-yard effort, but the goalkeeper was equal to it.

Wolves were on the front foot and, with 80 minutes on the clock, Edwards got forward to lash a 20-yard piledriver inches over the bar.

Former Wolves man Mark Davies then skipped majestically past two players before feeding substitute Emile Heskey.

The ex-England international looked primed to score but Martinez beat his effort away from close range, before doing the same from a Davies effort seconds later.

Two Henry corners yielded decent chances with time running out - Doherty's header was tipped over, then the same player saw a shot blocked and Le Fondre's effort deflected wide.

Henry's through ball to Le Fondre was agonisingly intercepted by Derik Osede, as Wolves ramped up the pressure.