Everton 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007

Result

Everton 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Everton 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Everton won against Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Phil Neville opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Everton's goals came from Phil Neville (51') and Tim Cahill (70'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 6th on 30 points from 18 and Bolton Wanderers 14th on 17 points from 18. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Everton wins, 1 draw and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Andrew O'BrienBolton Wanderers
  • 51'Goal · Phil NevilleEverton · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 70'Goal · Tim CahillEverton · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 5, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Andrew O'Brien, Iván Campo, Danny Guthrie, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies