Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 19 March 2008

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Wednesday 19 March 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Manchester United defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 19 March 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (9') and Cristiano Ronaldo (19'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 66 points from 29 and Bolton Wanderers 18th on 25 points from 29. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Andrew O'BrienBolton Wanderers
  • 70'Yellow card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Abdoulaye Meite, Gretar Steinsson, Joey O'Brien, Andrew O'Brien, Danny Guthrie, Gavin McCann, El-Hadji Diouf, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Matthew Taylor