Liverpool 3-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003

Result

Liverpool 3-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 3-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Liverpool defeated Bolton Wanderers 3-1 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sami Hyypia opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sami Hyypia (30'), Florent Sinama-Pongolle (47') and Vladimir Smicer (54'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Henrik Pedersen (85').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 9th on 22 points from 16 and Bolton Wanderers 10th on 22 points from 17. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 60 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Sami HyypiaLiverpool · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Florent Sinama-PongolleLiverpool · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Per FrandsenBolton Wanderers
  • 54'Goal · Vladimir SmicerLiverpool · 3-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Nicky HuntBolton Wanderers
  • 85'Goal · Henrik PedersenBolton Wanderers · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Liverpool 2, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 1.