Arsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2010

Result

Arsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 11 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Arsenal defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 September 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Laurent Koscielny opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Laurent Koscielny (24'), Marouane Chamakh (58'), A. Song (78') and Carlos Vela (83'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Johan Elmander (44').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Bolton Wanderers 5th on 5 points from 3. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 46.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 24'Goal · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · K. GibbsArsenal
  • 44'Goal · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 58'Goal · Marouane ChamakhArsenal · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Emmanuel EbouéArsenal
  • 63'Red card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers
  • 78'Goal · A. SongArsenal · 3-1
  • 83'Goal · Carlos VelaArsenal · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Almunia, Laurent Koscielny, Sébastien Squillaci, Emmanuel Eboué, Kieran Gibbs, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh

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

Ádám Bogdán, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Martin Petrov, Chung-yong Lee, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Kevin Davies