Arsenal 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Arsenal defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kolo Touré opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Kolo Touré (67') and Tomáš Rosický (80'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 22 points from 8 and Bolton Wanderers 19th on 5 points from 9. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.

Arsenal 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 3 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 21'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 21'Yellow card · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 67'Goal · Kolo TouréArsenal · 1-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 80'Goal · Tomáš RosickýArsenal · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 90'Yellow card · Iván CampoBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 4, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Eduardo da Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Meite, Joey O'Brien, Andrew O'Brien, Iván Campo, Danny Guthrie, Gavin McCann, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies