Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 November 2006

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 25 November 2006, 17:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Arsenal: match report

Bolton Wanderers beat Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 November 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.

Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé (9'), Nicolas Anelka (45') and Nicolas Anelka (76'). Arsenal did not score.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 9th on 21 points from 13 and Arsenal 5th on 22 points from 12. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bolton Wanderers wins, 5 draws and 3 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Abdoulaye Diagne-FayéBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 25'Yellow card · Fredrik LjungbergArsenal
  • 30'Yellow card · Jens LehmannArsenal
  • 38'Yellow card · Quinton Fortune KolobeaBolton Wanderers
  • 45'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 45'Goal · Gilberto SilvaArsenal · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Iván CampoBolton Wanderers
  • 60'Yellow card · Philippe SenderosArsenal
  • 64'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 76'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 2, draws 5, Arsenal 3.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Kolo Touré, Philippe Senderos, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott, Fredrik Ljungberg