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Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers

4–1
Saturday 31st December 2005 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,858

Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 4–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 31st December 2005 in the Premiership. Louis Saha (44') and Cristiano Ronaldo (68', 90') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 8' Bruno N'Gotty OG 1–0
  3. 29' Abdoulaye Faye
  4. 33' Gary Speed 1–1
  5. 44' Louis Saha 2–1
  6. Half Time
  7. 55' Ricardo Gardner
  8. 62' Ricardo Vaz Te
  9. 62' Kieran Richardson
  10. 68' Cristiano Ronaldo 3–1
  11. 69' Cristiano Ronaldo
  12. 72' Ruud van Nistelrooy for Saha
  13. 79' Ji-Sung Park for Rooney
  14. 85' Gerard Pique for Fletcher
  15. 90' Cristiano Ronaldo 4–1
  16. 90' Kevin Davies
  17. 90' Kevin Nolan
  18. Full Time 4–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
2 Gary Neville
5 Rio Ferdinand
7 Cristiano Ronaldo 68', 90'
8 Wayne Rooney
9 Louis Saha 44'
11 Ryan Giggs
19 Edwin van der Sar
22 John O'Shea
23 Kieran Richardson
24 Darren Fletcher
27 Mikael Silvestre
Substitutes
Ji-Sung Park
79' for Rooney
Gerard Pique
85' for Fletcher

Bolton Wanderers Lineup

Starting XI
4 Kevin Nolan M
5 Bruno N'Gotty D
6 Gary Speed M ⚽
7 Stelios Giannakopoulos M
10 Jay-Jay Okocha M
11 Ricardo Gardner M
14 Kevin Davies F
22 Jussi Jaaskelainen G
24 Joey O'Brien M
25 Abdoulaye Faye M
26 Tal Ben Haim D
Substitutes
12 Ian Walker
15 Radhi Jaidi
16 Hidetoshi Nakata
20 Ricardo Vaz Te on
39 Khalilou Fadiga on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Sam Allardyce
Bolton Wanderers

Match Information

Man Utd Bolton Wanderers
53%
Possession
47%
18
Shots
4
9
Shots on Target
2
7
Corners
1
9
Fouls
22
2
Offsides
4
6
Saves
8

United vs Bolton Wanderers History

Meeting 106 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 106 times: 42W 24D 40L.
7 Jan 2004 W 2–1 PL 11 Sep 2004 D 2–2 PL 26 Dec 2004 W 2–0 PL
31 Dec 2005 W 4–1 This match
1 Apr 2006 W 2–1 PL 28 Oct 2006 W 4–0 PL 17 Mar 2007 W 4–1 PL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 60341016 1096156.7
Away 58191524 849232.8
Neutral 1001 020.0
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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 →