Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2008

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2008, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Arsenal: match report

Bolton Wanderers lost to Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 September 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.

Kevin Davies opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Kevin Davies (14'). Arsenal scored through Emmanuel Eboué (26'), Nicklas Bendtner (27') and Denilson (87').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 15th on 4 points from 4 and Arsenal 3rd on 9 points from 4. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Arsenal 4th with 72.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 3 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Emmanuel EbouéArsenal · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 1-2
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 62'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBolton Wanderers
  • 76'Yellow card · Alex SongArsenal
  • 87'Goal · DenilsonArsenal · 1-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Joey O'Brien, Gretar Steinsson, Daniel Shittu, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Ebi Smolarek, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Denílson, Alex Song, Emmanuel Adebayor, Nicklas Bendtner