Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2009

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sebastien Puygrenier opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Sebastien Puygrenier (31'), Kevin Davies (64') and Kevin Davies (86'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Darren Bent (73') and Darren Bent (75').

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

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 14th on 24 points from 23 and Tottenham Hotspur 13th on 24 points from 23. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bolton Wanderers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Sebastien PuygrenierBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 64'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 73'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 2-2
  • 86'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 5, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Mark Davies, Makukula, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Sébastien Puygrenier

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Carlo Cudicini, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate