Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
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Eoin Doyle's 16th goal of the season catapulted Bolton above League Two promotion rivals Forest Green in a 1-0 win that stretched their unbeaten run to 13 games.
Hosts Rovers suffered a body blow inside two minutes when top scorer Jamille Matt was stretchered off with a suspected broken arm after colliding with MJ Williams.
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However, Mark Cooper's side produced the first shot in anger on 19 minutes - Kane Wilson drove into the box to induce a gloved response from Matt Gilks.
In a tepid game, chances were at a premium, but Wanderers broke the deadlock on 39 minutes.
Nathan Delfouneso beat Baily Cargill down the right to arrow a pin-point cross onto the boot of Doyle, who volleyed home with ease.
Bolton had an unanswered second-half penalty claim when Oladapo Afolayan went to ground following a tangle with Udoka Godwin-Malife.
But Ian Evatt's side comfortably saw the game out to make it 35 points out of a possible last 39 to go fourth, above Rovers, who dropped out of the top three for the first time since January.
Match report supplied by PA Media.