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
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.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Tamir Cohen
- 25'Goal · Younès Kaboul
- 41'Penalty goal · Matthew Taylor
- 63'Goal · Kevin-Prince Boateng
- 89'Goal · Gary Cahill
- 90'Yellow card · N. Belhadj
- 90'Yellow card · Younès Kaboul
Head-to-head
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