Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2007

Result

Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Bolton Wanderers beat Wigan Athletic 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 December 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Bolton Wanderers's goals came from an own goal by Paul Scharner (3'), Kevin Nolan (37'), Kevin Davies (70') and Nicolas Anelka (89'). Wigan Athletic scored through Denny Landzaat (15').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 18th on 11 points from 15 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 9 points from 15. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 1 draw and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Own goal · Paul ScharnerBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Andrew O'BrienBolton Wanderers
  • 15'Goal · Denny LandzaatWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 24'Missed penalty · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers
  • 37'Goal · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaWigan Athletic
  • 70'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieBolton Wanderers
  • 89'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 4-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-3-3)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Andrew O'Brien, Iván Campo, Danny Guthrie, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Andreas Granqvist, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Kevin Kilbane, Jason Koumas, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland