Arsenal 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 January 2009

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 10 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 January 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Nicklas Bendtner of Arsenal in the 84th minute.

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 35 points from 20 and Bolton Wanderers 11th on 23 points from 20. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-D-D-W and Bolton Wanderers's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 54'Yellow card · Rahamat Riga MustaphaBolton Wanderers
  • 74'Yellow card · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 80'Yellow card · Johan DjourouArsenal
  • 84'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Aaron James RamseyArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Daniel Shittu, Chris Basham, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies