Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007
Result
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Reading: match report
Bolton Wanderers beat Reading 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gary Speed opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Gary Speed (35'), Nicolas Anelka (55') and Daniel Braaten (90'). Reading did not score.
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 20th on 0 points from 3 and Reading 10th on 4 points from 3. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bolton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read L-L-L and Reading's W-L-D.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Gary Speed
- 55'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 71'Yellow card · Nicky Hunt
- 72'Yellow card · Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo
- 77'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Meite
- 90'Goal · Daniel Braaten
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers expected line-up (4-3-3)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Abdoulaye Meite, Nicky Hunt, Gerald Cid, Gary Speed, Andranik Timotian-Samarani, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Davies, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner
Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Michael Duberry, Noel Hunt, James Harper, John Oster, Kevin Doyle