Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008
Result
Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Chelsea: match report
Bolton Wanderers lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-2.
Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bolton Wanderers did not score. Chelsea scored through Nicolas Anelka (9') and Deco (21').
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 9th on 20 points from 15 and Chelsea 2nd on 33 points from 15. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
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 W-W-L-W-W and Chelsea's L-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 18'Yellow card · Kevin Davies
- 21'Goal · Deco
- 65'Yellow card · Andy O'Brien
- 82'Yellow card · Michael Ballack
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé