Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2010

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 17 January 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Arsenal: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Arsenal 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 January 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Cesc Fàbregas opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Bolton Wanderers did not score. Arsenal scored through Cesc Fàbregas (28') and Fran Mérida (78').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 18 points from 18 and Arsenal 3rd on 42 points from 20. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 39 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBolton Wanderers
  • 37'Yellow card · Tomáš RosickýArsenal
  • 77'Yellow card · Thomas VermaelenArsenal
  • 78'Goal · Fran MéridaArsenal · 0-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Chung-yong Lee, Ivan Klasnic, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Armand Traore, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Craig Eastmond, Eduardo da Silva, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen