Bolton Wanderers 2-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 West Ham United: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated West Ham United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Matthew Taylor (9') and Kevin Davies (11'). West Ham United scored through Scott Parker (66').

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

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 14th on 27 points from 25 and West Ham United 8th on 33 points from 25. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and West Ham United 9th with 51.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-5-1 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 2 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Matthew UpsonWest Ham United
  • 55'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United
  • 66'Goal · Scott ParkerWest Ham United · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 6, draws 2, West Ham United 2.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Jlloyd Samuel, Mark Davies, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Sébastien Puygrenier

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Joseph Paintsil, Julien Faubert, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble