Sunderland 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2010

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2010, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Sunderland won against Bolton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 December 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Danny Welbeck of Sunderland in the 32nd minute.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 7th on 24 points from 17 and Bolton Wanderers 6th on 26 points from 17. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 46.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Danny WelbeckSunderland · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers
  • 40'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 54'Yellow card · Stuart HoldenBolton Wanderers
  • 64'Yellow card · Fabrice MuambaBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Nedum Onuoha, Anton Ferdinand, Lee Cattermole, Jordan Henderson, Darren Bent, Danny Welbeck, Asamoah Gyan

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Martin Petrov, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts