Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2011

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Aston Villa: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 March 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Gary Cahill (45+1'), Gary Cahill (75') and Ivan Klasnic (86'). Aston Villa scored through Darren Bent (15') and Marc Albrighton (65').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 5 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 7th on 37 points from 28 and Aston Villa 12th on 33 points from 28. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 5 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Darren BentAston Villa · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Ciaran ClarkAston Villa
  • 39'Yellow card · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers
  • 45+1'Goal · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Stuart HoldenBolton Wanderers
  • 65'Goal · Marc AlbrightonAston Villa · 1-2
  • 70'Missed penalty · A. YoungAston Villa
  • 70'Yellow card · Jussi JaaskelainenBolton Wanderers
  • 70'Yellow card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 75'Goal · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 77'Yellow card · D. WheaterBolton Wanderers
  • 86'Goal · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers · 3-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 5, Aston Villa 4.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, David Wheater, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Martin Petrov, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Kevin Davies, Daniel Sturridge

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

Luke Young, Ashley Young, Ciaran Clark, Kyle Walker, Stewart Downing, Marc Albrighton, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Bent, Brad Friedel, Fabian Delph, Nathan Baker