Chelsea 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 13 April 2010

Result

Chelsea 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Tuesday 13 April 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Chelsea won against Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 13 April 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Nicolas Anelka of Chelsea in the 43rd minute.

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 74 points from 33 and Bolton Wanderers 15th on 32 points from 33. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 0 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 43'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 1-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 77'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBolton Wanderers
  • 80'Yellow card · AlexChelsea
  • 88'Yellow card · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 8, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Alex, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Fabrice Muamba, Chung-yong Lee, J. Wilshere, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts