Manchester United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Manchester United defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 October 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Manchester United's goals came from an own goal by Zat Knight (5') and Antonio Valencia (33'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Matthew Taylor (75').

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 19 points from 8 and Bolton Wanderers 13th on 8 points from 7. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Own goal · Zat KnightManchester United · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Antonio ValenciaManchester United · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 75'Goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Michael Owen, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Chung-yong Lee, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts