Everton 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 4 January 2012

Result

Everton 1-2 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Wednesday 4 January 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Everton 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Everton were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 January 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Tim Howard opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Everton's goal came from Tim Howard (63'). Bolton Wanderers scored through David N'Gog (67') and Gary Cahill (78').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 11th on 24 points from 18 and Bolton Wanderers 20th on 13 points from 19. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Everton wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · David N'GogBolton Wanderers
  • 20'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerBolton Wanderers
  • 63'Goal · Tim HowardEverton · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · David N'GogBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Sylvain DistinEverton
  • 78'Goal · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 6, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

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Everton expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Tony Hibbert, Séamus Coleman, Sylvain Distin, Marouane Fellaini, Leon Osman, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Tim Cahill, Louis Saha

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

Ádám Bogdán, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Chris Eagles, Martin Petrov, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, David N'Gog, Gary Cahill, Samuel Ricketts