Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Rafael van der Vaart (6', penalty) and Niko Kranjčar (90+1'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Daniel Sturridge (55').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 41 points from 24 and Bolton Wanderers 8th on 33 points from 25. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 46.

Tottenham Hotspur 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 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Penalty goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 7'Yellow card · Samuel RickettsBolton Wanderers
  • 8'Missed penalty · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur
  • 55'Goal · Daniel SturridgeBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers
  • 64'Yellow card · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 69'Yellow card · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+1'Goal · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, William Gallas, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Jermaine Jenas, Rafael van der Vaart, Wilson Palacios, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Stuart Holden, Mark Davies, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Daniel Sturridge, Samuel Ricketts