Manchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 9 February 2010

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Tuesday 9 February 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Manchester City defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 9 February 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

C. Tevez opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Manchester City's goals came from C. Tevez (31', penalty) and Emmanuel Adebayor (73'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 41 points from 23 and Bolton Wanderers 17th on 22 points from 23. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

Manchester City 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 2 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 5 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Penalty goal · C. TevezManchester City · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBolton Wanderers
  • 73'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorManchester City · 2-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 5.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Pablo Zabaleta, Kolo Touré, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Alberto Tevez

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Chung-yong Lee, J. Wilshere, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts