Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Roman Pavlyuchenko opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Roman Pavlyuchenko (17') and Darren Bent (75'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 20th on 2 points from 8 and Bolton Wanderers 16th on 8 points from 8. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 6 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 42'Yellow card · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 56'Second yellow · Gavin McCannBolton Wanderers
  • 75'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Jussi JääskeläinenBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 6.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-5-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Alan Hutton, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jamie O'Hara

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies