Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 24 April 2011

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 24 April 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 April 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Daniel Sturridge (38') and Tamir Cohen (90'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (48').

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

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 8th on 43 points from 32 and Arsenal 3rd on 64 points from 33. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBolton Wanderers
  • 20'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers
  • 38'Goal · Daniel SturridgeBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 47'Missed penalty · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 48'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 64'Yellow card · J. WilshereArsenal
  • 80'Yellow card · Marouane ChamakhArsenal
  • 88'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 90'Goal · Tamir CohenBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Tamir CohenBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 1, Arsenal 8.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Chung-yong Lee, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Daniel Sturridge

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

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott