Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 November 2008

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 2 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 November 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ricardo Wayne Gardner opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Ricardo Wayne Gardner (76') and an own goal by Richard Dunne (88'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 20th on 8 points from 10 and Manchester City 10th on 13 points from 10. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester City in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 57'Yellow card · Jussi JääskeläinenBolton Wanderers
  • 76'Goal · Ricardo Wayne GardnerBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 88'Own goal · Richard DunneBolton Wanderers · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 4, draws 2, Manchester City 4.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann, Rahamat Riga Mustapha, Kevin Nolan, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Vedran Ćorluka, Martin Petrov, Michael Johnson, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Richard Dunne, Sun Jihai