Sunderland 1-4 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 November 2008
Result
Sunderland 1-4 Bolton Wanderers
Premier League · Saturday 29 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Sunderland 1-4 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 November 2008. It was 1-3 at half-time.
Djibril Cissé opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Djibril Cissé (11'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Matthew Taylor (18'), Gary Cahill (21'), Johan Elmander (39') and Johan Elmander (55').
Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 15 points from 14 and Bolton Wanderers 12th on 17 points from 14. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.
Sunderland 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 3 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Bolton Wanderers's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Djibril Cissé
- 18'Goal · Matthew Taylor
- 21'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 21'Goal · Gary Cahill
- 39'Goal · Johan Elmander
- 42'Yellow card · Nyron Nosworthy
- 55'Goal · Johan Elmander
- 64'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 88'Yellow card · Pascal Chimbonda
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Pascal Chimbonda, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones
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, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies