Pre-season round-up: Bolton, Wolves and Sunderland win while QPR slip up at Cesena

A late goal from Erjon Bogdani broke the deadlock and saw QPR go down 1-0 to Cesena.

Adel Taarabt, the subject of much transfer speculation so far this summer, showed glimpses of brilliance, but it was left-back Clint Hill who had QPR’s best chance, seeing his shot cleared off the line after he was through on goal.

However, it was Cesena who sealed the win through a fine goal from Bogdani. The striker curled a brilliant effort into the top right corner of Paddy Kenny’s goal from the edge of the area to seal the win.

Bury 0 Bolton 2

Goals in either half from Ivan Klasnic and Gary Cahill saw Bolton earn a 2-0 away win at Bury.

Klasnic took advantage of Bury’s inability to clear a corner to fire home inside the six-yard box and give the Trotters the lead just before the break.

New signing Nigel Reo-Coker came on at half-time, alongside Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears, who are close to completing moves from Burnley, but it was defender Cahill who grabbed Bolton’s second, heading in Martin Petrov’s corner.

Celtic 0 Wolves 2

Wolves secured a 2-0 win away to an under-strength Celtic side thanks to a Jamie O’Hara free-kick and an own goal from Filip Twardzik.

With the SPL season already underway, Neil Lennon rotated his squad, while Mick McCarthy fielded a strong starting XI.  A foul on Stephen Hunt allowed O’Hara to curl a 28th minute free-kick past Pletikosa.

The decisive second goal of the game came after the break, with Twardzik putting the ball in his own net in the 72nd minute, attempting to clear a Stephen Ward cross. The usual pre-season substitutions saw the game lose its flow towards the end with neither side able to create any clear chances.

Southampton 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

West Brom played out an entertaining 2-2 draw with Southampton at St Mary’s, with all four goals coming in the second half.

Simon Cox gave West Brom the lead on the hour mark after a howler from Southampton ‘keeper Bartosz Bialkowski, who let the ball slip through his grasp for the Baggies striker to slot in. Their lead only lasted just over 10 minutes, with Jack Cork heading home after an inviting cross from Harding.

Cox doubled his tally as he fired into the bottom corner with 15 minutes left on the clock to restore the Baggies lead but Saints’ Ricky Lambert headed past Myhill at the far post to leave the game level.

Kilmarnock 1-2 Sunderland

Connor Wickham scored his first goal for Sunderland as Steve Bruce’s side beat Kilmarnock 2-1, in a game that saw Keiren Westwood and Wes Brown make their debuts.

Stephane Sessegnon opened the scoring for the Black Cats in the 36th minute, before Garry Hay equalised for Kilmarnock with a free-kick.

Wickham then took centre stage to run clear on goal to slot home the winner with 15 minutes remaining.