Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2006
Result
Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Portsmouth: match report
Bolton Wanderers won against Portsmouth 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2006. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé (30'), Iván Campo (40') and Nicolas Anelka (62'). Portsmouth scored through Matthew Taylor (2') and Andy Cole (89').
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 4th on 36 points from 20 and Portsmouth 5th on 35 points from 20. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Portsmouth's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Matthew Taylor
- 30'Goal · Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé
- 40'Goal · Iván Campo
- 62'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 66'Yellow card · Gary O'Neil
- 89'Goal · Andy Cole
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Iván Campo, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies
Portsmouth expected line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Linvoy Primus, Richard Hughes, Nigel Quashie, Alexei Smertin, Patrik Berger, Lomana Lualua, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Steve Stone