Portsmouth 3-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2007

Result

Portsmouth 3-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2007, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Portsmouth 3-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Portsmouth won against Bolton Wanderers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 August 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Nwankwo Kanu (16'), John Utaka (30') and Matthew Taylor (88', penalty). Bolton Wanderers scored through Nicolas Anelka (12').

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 2 points from 2 and Bolton Wanderers 19th on 0 points from 2. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 30'Goal · John UtakaPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 33'Yellow card · N. HuntBolton Wanderers
  • 66'Yellow card · G. SpeedBolton Wanderers
  • 88'Penalty goal · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up (4-3-3)

Linvoy Primus, Laurén, Glen Johnson, Pedro Mendes, Sean Davis, Lomana Lualua, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Sulzeer Campbell

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Gerald Cid, Jlloyd Samuel, Gary Speed, Andranik Timotian-Samarani, Mikel Alonso, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan