Middlesbrough 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2007

Result

Middlesbrough 5-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-1

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Middlesbrough 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Middlesbrough beat Bolton Wanderers 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 January 2007. The half-time score was 4-1.

Middlesbrough's goals came from an own goal by G. Speed (5'), Abel da Silva Costa Xavier (10'), Mark Viduka (23'), Stewart Downing (43') and Mark Viduka (84'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Kevin Nolan (25').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 14th on 27 points from 23 and Bolton Wanderers 5th on 40 points from 23. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Bolton Wanderers 7th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Own goal · G. SpeedMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Abel da Silva Costa XavierMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 23'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 3-0
  • 25'Goal · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Iván CampoBolton Wanderers
  • 43'Goal · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough · 4-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 66'Red card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 73'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 79'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 84'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 5, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Lee Cattermole, Mark Viduka, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Jonathan Woodgate, Abel da Silva Costa Xavier

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Iván Campo, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies