Premiership · Matchday 05
Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers
2–0
Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 27th September 2008 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (60') and Wayne Rooney (77') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 22' Johan Elmander
- 27' Gavin McCann
- 38' Kevin Davies
- Half Time
- 60' Cristiano Ronaldo pen 1–0
- 71' Paul Scholes for Anderson
- 71' Wayne Rooney for Tevez
- 77' Wayne Rooney 2–0
- 80' Luis Nani for Ronaldo
- Full Time 2–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Bolton Wanderers Lineup
Starting XI
3 Jlloyd Samuel LB
4 Kevin Nolan AM
5 Gary Cahill CD-L
6 Fabrice Muamba CM-L
9 Johan Elmander F
11 Ricardo Gardner LM
14 Kevin Davies RM
15 Grétar Steinsson RB
19 Gavin McCann CM-R
22 Jussi Jaaskelainen G
31 Andy O'Brien CD-R
Substitutes
7 Matthew Taylor
8 Joey O'Brien
10 Ebi Smolarek on
17 Riga Mustapha
20 Ricardo Vaz Te on
24 Danny Shittu
26 Ali Al-Habsi
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 112 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 112 times: 47W 24D 41L.
17 Mar 2007 W 4–1 PL 24 Nov 2007 L 0–1 PL 19 Mar 2008 W 2–0 PL
27 Sep 2008 W 2–0 This match
17 Jan 2009 W 1–0 PL 17 Oct 2009 W 2–1 PL 27 Mar 2010 W 4–0 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 →