Fulham 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2011

Result

Fulham 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Fulham 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Fulham won against Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 December 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Clint Dempsey opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Fulham's goals came from Clint Dempsey (33') and Bryan Ruiz (34'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

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

Going into the game Fulham were 14th on 15 points from 15 and Bolton Wanderers 20th on 9 points from 15. Fulham went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

Fulham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerBolton Wanderers
  • 33'Goal · Clint DempseyFulham · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Bryan RuizFulham · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBolton Wanderers
  • 63'Yellow card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 80'Yellow card · Danny MurphyFulham

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Fulham line-up (4-4-2)

David Adam Stockdale, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Brede Hangeland, Chris Baird, Philippe Senderos, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, Mousa Dembélé, Andy Johnson, Clint Dempsey, Bryan Ruiz

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Marcos Alonso, Zat Knight, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Fabrice Muamba, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Pratley, Ivan Klasnic, Gary Cahill, Kevin Davies