Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2009

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 29 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Liverpool: match report

Bolton Wanderers lost to Liverpool 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 August 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

Kevin Davies opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Kevin Davies (33') and Tamir Cohen (47'). Liverpool scored through Glen Johnson (41'), Fernando Torres (56') and Steven Gerrard (83').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 17th on 0 points from 2 and Liverpool 10th on 3 points from 3. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 39 points, and Liverpool 7th with 63.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 7 for Liverpool.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers
  • 33'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBolton Wanderers
  • 41'Goal · Glen JohnsonLiverpool · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Sean DavisBolton Wanderers
  • 47'Goal · Tamir CohenBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 55'Second yellow · Sean DavisBolton Wanderers
  • 56'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Steven GerrardLiverpool
  • 83'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 2, draws 1, Liverpool 7.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Sean Davis, Johan Elmander, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts

Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard