Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008
Result
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Portsmouth: match report
Bolton Wanderers won against Portsmouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Matthew Taylor (1') and Ricardo Wayne Gardner (3'). Portsmouth scored through Peter Crouch (20').
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 11th on 20 points from 17 and Portsmouth 8th on 23 points from 17. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Portsmouth's L-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Matthew Taylor
- 3'Goal · Ricardo Wayne Gardner
- 20'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 43'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
- 67'Yellow card · Gretar Rafn Steinsson
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Papa Diop, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Peter Crouch, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell