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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Gary SpeedBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Nicky HuntBolton Wanderers
  • 72'Yellow card · Ulises de la Cruz BernardoReading
  • 77'Yellow card · Abdoulaye MeiteBolton Wanderers
  • 90'Goal · Daniel BraatenBolton Wanderers · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 0, Reading 2.

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