Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester United: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Dimitar Berbatov of Manchester United in the 90th minute.

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

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 12th on 23 points from 21 and Manchester United 2nd on 44 points from 20. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Ariza MakukulaBolton Wanderers
  • 74'Yellow card · John O'SheaManchester United
  • 90'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 1, Manchester United 8.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Chris Basham, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Makukula, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gary Neville