Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 September 2010

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 26 September 2010, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Manchester United: match report

Bolton Wanderers drew with Manchester United 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 September 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Zat Knight opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Zat Knight (5') and Martin Petrov (67'). Manchester United scored through Nani (23') and Michael Owen (74').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 14th on 6 points from 5 and Manchester United 3rd on 11 points from 5. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Manchester United 1st with 80.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 9 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Zat KnightBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · NaniManchester United · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Martin PetrovBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 74'Goal · Michael OwenManchester United · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 84'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Manchester United 9.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Martin Petrov, Chung-yong Lee, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville