Chelsea 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2012

Result

Chelsea 3-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Chelsea won against Bolton Wanderers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 February 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

David Luiz opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Chelsea's goals came from David Luiz (48'), Didier Drogba (61') and Frank Lampard (79'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 43 points from 25 and Bolton Wanderers 19th on 20 points from 25. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Darren PratleyBolton Wanderers
  • 48'Goal · David LuizChelsea · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-0
  • 79'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, José Bosingwa, David Luiz, Raúl Meireles, Juan Mata, Ramires, Oriol Romeu, Daniel Sturridge

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ádám Bogdán, Gretar Steinsson, David Wheater, Tim Ream, Fabrice Muamba, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Pratley, Sanli Tuncay, David N'Gog, Ryo Miyaichi, Samuel Ricketts