Liverpool 4-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2007

Result

Liverpool 4-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 4-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Liverpool defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 December 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.

Sami Hyypia opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sami Hyypia (17'), Fernando Torres (45'), Steven Gerrard (56', penalty) and R. Babel (86'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

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

Going into the game Liverpool were 5th on 27 points from 13 and Bolton Wanderers 16th on 11 points from 14. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 17'Goal · Sami HyypiaLiverpool · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-0
  • 56'Penalty goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 3-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Iván CampoBolton Wanderers
  • 69'Yellow card · Ľ. MichalíkBolton Wanderers
  • 86'Goal · R. BabelLiverpool · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Álvaro Arbeloa, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Peter Crouch, Sami Hyypia, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Meite, Ľubomír Michalík, Jlloyd Samuel, Gary Speed, Iván Campo, Gavin McCann, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies