Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Manchester City: match report

Bolton Wanderers drew with Manchester City 3-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 December 2009. The half-time score was 2-2.

Ivan Klasnic opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Ivan Klasnic (11'), Gary Cahill (43') and Ivan Klasnic (53'). Manchester City scored through C. Tevez (28'), Micah Richards (44') and C. Tevez (77').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 12 points from 14 and Manchester City 6th on 25 points from 14. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 39 points, and Manchester City 5th with 67.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Craig BellamyManchester City
  • 28'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers
  • 44'Goal · Micah RichardsManchester City · 2-2
  • 53'Goal · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers · 3-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 59'Yellow card · Tamir CohenBolton Wanderers
  • 61'Yellow card · SylvinhoManchester City
  • 65'Second yellow · Craig BellamyManchester City
  • 77'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 3-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 5, draws 2, Manchester City 3.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Chung-yong Lee, Ivan Klasnic, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor