Sunderland 0-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005

Result

Sunderland 0-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 0-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Sunderland drew with Bolton Wanderers 0-0 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 5 points from 17 and Bolton Wanderers 5th on 30 points from 16. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 56.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Khalilou FadigaBolton Wanderers
  • 30'Yellow card · Andy GraySunderland
  • 34'Yellow card · Stylianos GiannakopoulosBolton Wanderers
  • 36'Yellow card · Tal Ben HaimBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Sunderland line-up

Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Danny Collins, Justin Hoyte, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Jon Stead, Andy Gray, Kelvin Davis, Christian Bassila

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Martin Djetou, Khalilou Fadiga, Ricardo Vaz Té, El-Hadji Diouf, Bruno N'Gotty, Ricardo Gardner