Manchester City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2005

Result

Manchester City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 September 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from G. Speed of Bolton Wanderers in the 90th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 11 points from 5 and Bolton Wanderers 7th on 8 points from 5. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 90'Penalty goal · G. SpeedBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Richard DunneManchester City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 0, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Antoine Sibierski, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Henrik Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Bruno N'Gotty, Kevin Davies, Radhi Jaïdi