Manchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 March 2012

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 3 March 2012, 15:00 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 Saturday 3 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Manchester City's goals came from an own goal by Gretar Steinsson (23') and Mario Balotelli (69'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 63 points from 26 and Bolton Wanderers 19th on 20 points from 26. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Own goal · Gretar SteinssonManchester City · 1-0
  • 69'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

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Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Samir Nasri, Edin Džeko, Sergio Agüero, Aleksandar Kolarov

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

Ádám Bogdán, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, David Wheater, Tim Ream, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Pratley, David N'Gog, Ryo Miyaichi, Samuel Ricketts