Sunderland 1-4 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 November 2008

Result

Sunderland 1-4 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 29 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Sunderland 1-4 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 November 2008. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Djibril Cissé opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Djibril Cissé (11'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Matthew Taylor (18'), Gary Cahill (21'), Johan Elmander (39') and Johan Elmander (55').

Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 15 points from 14 and Bolton Wanderers 12th on 17 points from 14. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Djibril CisséSunderland · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 21'Goal · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 39'Goal · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers · 1-3
  • 42'Yellow card · Nyron NosworthySunderland
  • 55'Goal · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers · 1-4
  • 64'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 88'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaSunderland

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Pascal Chimbonda, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies