Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2008

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Manchester United won against Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (59') and Wayne Rooney (77'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 15th on 5 points from 4 and Bolton Wanderers 16th on 4 points from 5. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers
  • 27'Yellow card · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 38'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 59'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-0
  • 77'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gary Neville

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, Gary Cahill, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies