Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2011

Result

Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Newcastle United: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Newcastle United 0-2 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Hatem Ben Arfa opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Bolton Wanderers did not score. Newcastle United scored through Hatem Ben Arfa (69') and Demba Ba (71').

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

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 12 points from 17 and Newcastle United 7th on 27 points from 17. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 65.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers
  • 36'Yellow card · Cheik TioteNewcastle United
  • 69'Goal · Hatem Ben ArfaNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 5, draws 2, Newcastle United 3.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Fabrice Muamba, Martin Petrov, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ivan Klasnic, David N'Gog, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill

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

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Ryan Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Gabriel Obertan, Demba Ba, Leon Best, Fabricio Coloccini