Chelsea 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2003

Result

Chelsea 1-2 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Chelsea were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 December 2003. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Hernán Jorge Crespo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Chelsea's goal came from Hernán Jorge Crespo (22'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Bruno N'Gotty (39') and an own goal by John Terry (90').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 36 points from 15 and Bolton Wanderers 13th on 18 points from 15. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 0 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Hernán Jorge CrespoChelsea · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Jesper GronkjaerChelsea
  • 39'Goal · Bruno N'GottyBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Ricardo GardnerBolton Wanderers
  • 86'Yellow card · Per FrandsenBolton Wanderers
  • 89'Yellow card · Adrian MutuChelsea
  • 90'Own goal · John TerryBolton Wanderers · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 0.