Portsmouth 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2009

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Portsmouth beat Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 April 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Nwankwo Kanu of Portsmouth in the 78th minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 14th on 34 points from 31 and Bolton Wanderers 12th on 37 points from 32. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

Portsmouth 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 3 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 5 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 40'Yellow card · Niko KranjčarPortsmouth
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Andy O'BrienBolton Wanderers
  • 60'Yellow card · Nicky HuntBolton Wanderers
  • 63'Yellow card · Sylvain DistinPortsmouth
  • 74'Yellow card · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 78'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 5.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Peter Crouch, David Nugent, David James, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Chris Basham, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies