Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2004

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2004, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Bolton Wanderers lost to Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 7 January 2004. The half-time score was 0-2.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Youri Djorkaeff (89'). Manchester United scored through Paul Scholes (24') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (39').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 13th on 23 points from 19 and Manchester United 1st on 46 points from 19. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 75.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 0-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Nicky HuntBolton Wanderers
  • 84'Yellow card · Per FrandsenBolton Wanderers
  • 89'Goal · Youri DjorkaeffBolton Wanderers · 1-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 2, draws 1, Manchester United 2.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Darren Fletcher, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Ryan Giggs, Diego Forlán Corazo