Chelsea 1-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 11 May 2008

Result

Chelsea 1-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 11 May 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 1-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Chelsea drew with Bolton Wanderers 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 May 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Andriy Shevchenko opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Chelsea's goal came from Andriy Shevchenko (62'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Matthew Taylor (90+3').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 82 points from 37 and Bolton Wanderers 16th on 36 points from 37. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Joey O'BrienBolton Wanderers
  • 39'Yellow card · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 45'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 62'Goal · Andriy ShevchenkoChelsea · 1-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 90+3'Goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ali Al-Habsi, Gretar Steinsson, Joey O'Brien, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies, Matthew Taylor, Gary Cahill