Aston Villa 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 November 2009

Result

Aston Villa 5-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 7 November 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Aston Villa 5-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Aston Villa defeated Bolton Wanderers 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 November 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.

A. Young opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from A. Young (5'), Gabriel Agbonlahor (43'), John Carew (53'), James Milner (72') and Carlos Cuéllar (76'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Johan Elmander (44').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 18 points from 11 and Bolton Wanderers 15th on 11 points from 10. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 6 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · A. YoungAston Villa · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Tamir CohenBolton Wanderers
  • 43'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 44+2'Yellow card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers
  • 53'Goal · John CarewAston Villa · 3-1
  • 72'Missed penalty · James MilnerAston Villa
  • 72'Goal · James MilnerAston Villa · 4-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 76'Goal · Carlos CuéllarAston Villa · 5-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Craig GardnerAston Villa
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 6, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, Steve Sidwell, James Milner, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-3-2-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Chung-yong Lee, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts