Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2011

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Sunderland: match report

Bolton Wanderers were beaten by Sunderland 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Boudewijn Zenden opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Ivan Klasnic (86'). Sunderland scored through Boudewijn Zenden (45+1') and an own goal by Zat Knight (90+2').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 8th on 46 points from 35 and Sunderland 14th on 41 points from 35. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Bolton Wanderers's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Sunderland's L-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Goal · Boudewijn ZendenSunderland · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 86'Goal · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 90+2'Own goal · Zat KnightSunderland · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 4, draws 2, Sunderland 4.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Chung-yong Lee, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Daniel Sturridge

Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, John Mensah, Nedum Onuoha, Anton Ferdinand, Boudewijn Zenden, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Jack Colback, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Stéphane Sessègnon