West Ham United 1-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008

Result

West Ham United 1-3 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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West Ham United 1-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report

West Ham United were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Kevin Davies opened the scoring in the 30th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Carlton Cole (68'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Kevin Davies (30'), Gary Cahill (35') and Matthew Taylor (86').

Discipline: West Ham United received 4 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 5th on 12 points from 6 and Bolton Wanderers 17th on 4 points from 6. West Ham United went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

West Ham United 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 2 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 6 for Bolton Wanderers.

Going into the match West Ham United's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Bolton Wanderers's L-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United
  • 30'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 51'Yellow card · Julien FaubertWest Ham United
  • 60'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 68'Goal · Carlton ColeWest Ham United · 1-2
  • 86'Goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 1-3
  • 86'Yellow card · Andy O'BrienBolton Wanderers
  • 86'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers
  • 88'Yellow card · Craig BellamyWest Ham United
  • 89'Yellow card · Scott ParkerWest Ham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 6.

Team news

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Anton Ferdinand, Boa Morte, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble

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, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies