Arsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2010
Result
Arsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers
Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Arsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Arsenal defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 September 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Laurent Koscielny opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Laurent Koscielny (24'), Marouane Chamakh (58'), A. Song (78') and Carlos Vela (83'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Johan Elmander (44').
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Bolton Wanderers 5th on 5 points from 3. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 46.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D and Bolton Wanderers's D-W-D.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Kevin Davies
- 24'Goal · Laurent Koscielny
- 36'Yellow card · K. Gibbs
- 44'Goal · Johan Elmander
- 53'Yellow card · Gretar Steinsson
- 58'Goal · Marouane Chamakh
- 61'Yellow card · Emmanuel Eboué
- 63'Red card · Gary Cahill
- 78'Goal · A. Song
- 83'Goal · Carlos Vela
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Almunia, Laurent Koscielny, Sébastien Squillaci, Emmanuel Eboué, Kieran Gibbs, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)
Ádám Bogdán, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Martin Petrov, Chung-yong Lee, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Kevin Davies