Manchester United 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005
Result
Manchester United 4-1 Bolton Wanderers
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Manchester United 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2005. The half-time score was 2-1.
Manchester United's goals came from an own goal by B. N'Gotty (8'), Louis Saha (44'), Cristiano Ronaldo (68') and Cristiano Ronaldo (90'). Bolton Wanderers scored through G. Speed (33').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 41 points from 19 and Bolton Wanderers 7th on 31 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 56.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Bolton Wanderers's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Own goal · B. N'Gotty
- 29'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé
- 33'Goal · G. Speed
- 44'Goal · Louis Saha
- 55'Yellow card · Ricardo Gardner
- 62'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 62'Yellow card · Ricardo Vaz Té
- 68'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 69'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90'Yellow card · Kevin Davies
- 90'Yellow card · Kevin Nolan
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Gary Neville
Bolton Wanderers line-up
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Joey O'Brien, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Augustine Okocha, Kevin Nolan, Bruno N'Gotty, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies