Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2007

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Chelsea: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 October 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from S. Kalou of Chelsea in the 41st minute.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 5 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 5 points from 8 and Chelsea 9th on 12 points from 8. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 3 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Iván CampoBolton Wanderers
  • 24'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 41'Goal · S. KalouChelsea · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 69'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea
  • 72'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jussi JaaskelainenBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 3, Chelsea 6.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Meite, Joey O'Brien, Andrew O'Brien, Iván Campo, Danny Guthrie, Gavin McCann, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies

Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé