Arsenal 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2011

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Arsenal won against Bolton Wanderers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (46'), Robin van Persie (71') and A. Song (89'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 17th on 4 points from 5 and Bolton Wanderers 19th on 3 points from 5. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0
  • 55'Red card · D. WheaterBolton Wanderers
  • 58'Yellow card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 71'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-0
  • 89'Goal · A. SongArsenal · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 8, draws 0, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

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Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, David Wheater, Fabrice Muamba, Chris Eagles, Martin Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Pratley, David N'Gog, Paul Robinson