Manchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 January 2012

Result

Manchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 14 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 January 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Scholes (45'), Danny Welbeck (74') and Michael Carrick (83'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 45 points from 20 and Bolton Wanderers 18th on 16 points from 20. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

Manchester United 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 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Zat KnightBolton Wanderers
  • 22'Missed penalty · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 45'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 1-0
  • 74'Goal · Danny WelbeckManchester United · 2-0
  • 83'Goal · Michael CarrickManchester United · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Young, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck

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

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