Chelsea 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 29 December 2010

Result

Chelsea 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Wednesday 29 December 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 December 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Florent Malouda of Chelsea in the 61st minute.

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 31 points from 18 and Bolton Wanderers 6th on 29 points from 19. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 46.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

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 L-D-D-D-L and Bolton Wanderers's W-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 43'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers
  • 61'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 1-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanović, Alex, Paulo Ferreira, Ramires, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Johan Elmander, Rodrigo, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts