Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Amr Zaki of Wigan Athletic in the 44th minute.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 10th on 23 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 25 points from 18. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 19'Yellow card · Ryan TaylorWigan Athletic
  • 28'Yellow card · Gretar Rafn SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 30'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosWigan Athletic
  • 44'Goal · Amr ZakiWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Lee CattermoleWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 2, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 3.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Daniel Shittu, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies

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

Mike Pollitt, Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez