Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2004

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester City: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 December 2004. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Joey Barton of Manchester City in the 52nd minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 9th on 23 points from 17 and Manchester City 13th on 20 points from 17. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Manchester City 8th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Joey BartonManchester City · 0-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Robbie Fowler, Antoine Sibierski, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt