Portsmouth 2-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009

Result

Portsmouth 2-3 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Portsmouth 2-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Portsmouth lost to Bolton Wanderers 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.

Tamir Cohen opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Younès Kaboul (25') and Kevin-Prince Boateng (63'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Tamir Cohen (13'), Matthew Taylor (41', penalty) and Gary Cahill (89').

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 0 points from 4 and Bolton Wanderers 19th on 0 points from 3. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

Portsmouth 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 4 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-L-L-L and Bolton Wanderers's L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Tamir CohenBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Younès KaboulPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 41'Penalty goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 63'Goal · Kevin-Prince BoatengPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers · 2-3
  • 90'Yellow card · N. BelhadjPortsmouth
  • 90'Yellow card · Younès KaboulPortsmouth

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Aaron Mokoena, Anthony Vanden Borre, Tal Ben Haim, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Tommy Smith, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Michael Brown

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Mark Davies, Tamir Cohen, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts