Chelsea 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005

Result

Chelsea 5-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Chelsea 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Chelsea defeated Bolton Wanderers 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 October 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.

Stylianos Giannakopoulos opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (52'), Frank Lampard (55'), Frank Lampard (59'), Didier Drogba (61') and E. Guðjohnsen (74'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Stylianos Giannakopoulos (4').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 24 points from 8 and Bolton Wanderers 6th on 14 points from 8. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Stylianos GiannakopoulosBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 41'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea
  • 51'Yellow card · Radhi JaïdiBolton Wanderers
  • 52'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-1
  • 58'Red card · Ricardo GardnerBolton Wanderers
  • 59'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 3-1
  • 61'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 4-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 74'Goal · E. GuðjohnsenChelsea · 5-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, F. Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Henrik Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Bruno N'Gotty, Kevin Davies, Radhi Jaïdi