Chelsea 4-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009

Result

Chelsea 4-3 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 11 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 4-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 April 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Michael Ballack opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Michael Ballack (40'), Didier Drogba (48'), Frank Lampard (60') and Didier Drogba (64'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Joey O'Brien (70'), Chris Basham (74') and Matthew Taylor (79').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 64 points from 31 and Bolton Wanderers 12th on 37 points from 31. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 0 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Michael BallackChelsea · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 3-0
  • 64'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 4-0
  • 70'Goal · Joey O'BrienBolton Wanderers · 4-1
  • 74'Goal · Chris BashamBolton Wanderers · 4-2
  • 79'Goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 7, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 0.

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Daniel Shittu, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies