Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joshua Andrew Harrop opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Joshua Andrew Harrop (10') and Paul Scholes (89'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 34 points from 18 and Bolton Wanderers 12th on 23 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Bolton Wanderers 6th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United · 1-0
  • 89'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester United 3, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Iván Campo, El-Hadji Diouf, Ricardo Vaz Té, Júlio César, Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies, Radhi Jaïdi