Aston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2005

Result

Aston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Aston Villa drew with Bolton Wanderers 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 April 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Aston Villa's goal came from an own goal by Fernando Ruiz Hierro (26'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Gary Speed (54').

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 9th on 46 points from 34 and Bolton Wanderers 6th on 53 points from 34. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Bolton Wanderers 6th with 58.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Own goal · Fernando Ruiz HierroAston Villa · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Gary SpeedBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Iván CampoBolton Wanderers
  • 56'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 75'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango