Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Bolton Wanderers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 December 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Gareth Bale (7'), Aaron Lennon (50') and Jermain Defoe (61'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 28 points from 12 and Bolton Wanderers 18th on 9 points from 13. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 18'Red card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers
  • 44'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBolton Wanderers
  • 50'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Dedryck BoyataBolton Wanderers
  • 61'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aaron Lennon, Scott Parker, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Fabrice Muamba, Chris Eagles, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ivan Klasnic, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Kevin Davies