Premiership · Matchday 30
Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers
2–0
Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 2–0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 19th March 2008 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (9', 20') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 9' Cristiano Ronaldo 1–0
- 20' Cristiano Ronaldo 2–0
- 42' Andy O'Brien
- Half Time
- 58' Wesley Brown for Vidic
- 70' Grétar Steinsson
- 70' Wayne Rooney for Saha
- 70' Paul Scholes for Anderson
- Full Time 2–0
Starting XI
Player
7 Cristiano Ronaldo 9', 20'
Bolton Wanderers Lineup
Starting XI
5 Abdoulaye Méité D
11 Ricardo Gardner M
14 Kevin Davies F
15 Grétar Steinsson D
17 Danny Guthrie M
19 Gavin McCann M
21 El-Hadji Diouf F
24 Joey O'Brien D
26 Ali Al-Habsi G
31 Andy O'Brien D
32 Matthew Taylor M
Substitutes
2 Nicky Hunt on
7 Stelios Giannakopoulos on
8 Ivan Campo
12 Ian Walker
47 Grzegorz Rasiak
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Gary Megson
Bolton Wanderers
Match Information
United vs Bolton Wanderers History
Meeting 111 of 119
119
Played
53
Won
25
Drawn
41
Lost
193
Goals For
155
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 9th December 1893. After this match United had played Bolton Wanderers 111 times: 46W 24D 41L.
28 Oct 2006 W 4–0 PL 17 Mar 2007 W 4–1 PL 24 Nov 2007 L 0–1 PL
19 Mar 2008 W 2–0 This match
27 Sep 2008 W 2–0 PL 17 Jan 2009 W 1–0 PL 17 Oct 2009 W 2–1 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 60 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 109 | 61 | 56.7 |
| Away | 58 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 84 | 92 | 32.8 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →