Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008
Result
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Bolton Wanderers beat Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 May 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
El-Hadji Diouf opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from El-Hadji Diouf (42') and an own goal by Daryl Murphy (82'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 16th on 33 points from 36 and Sunderland 15th on 39 points from 36. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.
Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Sunderland's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 42'Goal · El-Hadji Diouf
- 72'Yellow card · Gavin McCann
- 82'Own goal · Daryl Murphy
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Danny Guthrie, Gavin McCann, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies, Matthew Taylor, Gary Cahill
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Jonny Evans, Dean Whitehead, Liam Miller, Andy Reid, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones