Everton 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 March 2010

Result

Everton 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 20 March 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Everton 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Everton defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 March 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Everton's goals came from Mikel Arteta (72') and Steven Pienaar (89'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Everton were 9th on 42 points from 29 and Bolton Wanderers 13th on 32 points from 30. Everton went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Everton wins, 1 draw and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Tim CahillEverton
  • 40'Yellow card · Lee Chung-YongBolton Wanderers
  • 70'Red card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 72'Goal · Mikel ArtetaEverton · 1-0
  • 89'Goal · Steven PienaarEverton · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 6, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Everton expected line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Lucas Neill, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Tim Cahill, Louis Saha, Johnny Heitinga

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Chung-yong Lee, J. Wilshere, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Kevin Davies