FOOTBALL Live

Saturday August 25, 2007 Finished Reebok Stadium

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Bolton Wanderers

  • Speed 28’
  • Anelka 60’
  • Braaten 89’

Reading

  1. Bolton stop rot with Reading rout

    Bolton stop rot with Reading rout

    Bolton Wanderers picked up their first points of the new season in style with a commanding 3-0 victory over Reading at the Reebok Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Reading
    • 90' That's it! The referee has blown up for full time. Bolton's campaign has got the jump start it needed, and Sammy Lee will feel the pressure ease, if only temporarily. A commanding home performance, with some scintillating football played by the home side. Thanks joining us, don't forget we have Everton v Blackburn coming up very soon, and the Madrid Derby later this evening. See you then!
    • 89' GOAL!! It's 3-0! Substitute Daniel Braaten latches onto Nicolas Anleka's ball and buries in to the right of Hahnemann! It's going to be a long journey home for Steve Coppell and his team!
    • 86' Diouf blocks the ball down by the Reading corner flag, and forces a corner. They are happy just the keep it down there now, and take a short corner.
    • 84' Anelka has another try from the right hand side of the area, but he blasts his shot wide of the Reading goal. Sammy Lee looks very happy on the touchline!
    • 76' Bolton break again, with Diouf scampering down the left hand side, but Hahnemann sprints out of his area to clear it into the stands.
    • 71' Leroy Lita comes on for Shane Long, but surely at 2-0 it's too late now to save any points. Al Habsi comes on for Bolton, replacing Mikel Alonso.
    • 67' Nicky Hunt finally gets that yellow card that he's been looking for all game.
    • 65' There is nearly another goal as a Bolton corner leads to a massive goalmouth scramble with a Nolan shot deflected and hacked away! Bolton are rampant!
    • 60' GOAL!! Anelka doubles Bolton's lead! Diouf releases him with a weighted through ball, and the Frenchman bears down on Jasskelainen's goal, before knocking the ball orund him and rolling it into the empty net! Anelke wheels away and into his trademark dove celebration, much to the delight of the Bolton fans!
    • 53' Ulises de la Cruz hits a great shot! He recieves the ball in the box, pushes it round two Bolton defenders and blasts in to sidenetting!
    • 52' Bolton are looking devastating on the break, as Diouf and Anelka burst forward after Stephen Hunt's cross is hacked clear.
    • 46' Neither side have made changes at half time, but Coppell may very well look to Leroy Lita later on if Plan A continues to fail him.
    • 45' Reading kick off to get the second half underway.
    • 45 +1 Jussi Jaaskelainen boots the ball down the pitch and that's the last action of the half! Things are looking brighter for Bolton, but Reading are not out of this yet.
    • 41' Ulises de la Cruz is having a nightmare trying to deal with Diouf, and is at full stretch as he challenges him for a corner. Reading are resorting to hacking it clear up to Doyle and Long, but the Bolton back line is well equipped to deal with the threat.
    • 39' Bolton are the ones controlling the game now. They do not look like a side who are rock-bottom of the table with zero points!
    • 37' The other Hunt (Nicky) misses a gilt-edged chance! He came in from the right unchallenged and had time to set himself up for the shot, but he blasts it across Hahnemann's goal.
    • 36' This match is end-to-end now, truly exciting stuff! Reading have a corner from Hunt's (Stephen that is) work down the left. They are no Bolton when it comes to using corner's however, and it's cleared.
    • 30' GOAL!! Speed scores in his 525th Premier League appearance! He rose up highest to meet Diouf's corner and heads past Hahnemann! The Reebok crowd and the players are loving it!
    • 29' Diouf does brilliantly down the left, beating two men to cross in. Fae heads it out for a corner.
    • 28' McCann fouls gunnarsson in the middle of the park. Bolton are struggling to get ou tof their own half at the moment!
    • 26' Reading have got themselves another corner, as it takes two men to stop Fae crossing in. Nothing comes of it though.
    • 24' It's all happening down one flank, as Diouf is providing everything on the Bolton left and Fae doing the same on the Reading right. Both sides are well-organised defensively, but someone must surely make a breakthrough soon.
    • 23' Another great chance for Reading. Fae comes in from the right and some neat passes open up space for Harper on the edge of the box, but his shot is tame and Jaaskelainen collects it easily.
    • 20' Stephen Hunt should have won a corner after Fae's cross missed everyone, but his Bolton namesake shrugs him off the ball and the referee gives a goal kick.
    • 16' Long has a free header in the Bolton box, but he glances it wide! Best chance of the game so far!
    • 13' This is an open game right now, with both sides looking to play the ball on the deck and attack in numbers. Reading win a corner thanks to Long's efforts out on the right wing.
    • 11' Reading have a throw into the box but Gunnarsson, playing in midfield, skies a shot high and wide.
    • 9' Diouf goes down in the box but the referee is having none of it! his team are playing some quick passes around the right, the Reading defence is struggling to get the ball from them!
    • 8' El-Hadji Diouf, who is reportedly looking for a move out of the Reebok, is looking lively down the left hand side. He links up well with Anelka, but the Frenchman's shot is blocked.
    • 5' Hunt takes a corner for Reading. It's cleared and McCann breaks forward! Ingamarsson slides in with a crucial challenge on the edge of the box!
    • 4' Steve Coppell has shifted his team around in order to accomodate debutant Golbourne at left back, and it's the Royals who are having the early possession.
    • 1' They are away! Can Sammy Lee finally break this awful run his team are on? We'll find out soon enough.

  • Team Stats

    Bolton Wanderers Stats Reading
    50% Possession 49%
    18 Shots 8
    6 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 0
    10 Corners 7
    11 Fouls 13
    4 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 18
    200 Accurate passes 173
    62 Bad passes 51

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 6 0
      5 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 17 5
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 2 2
      15 Gérald Cid 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 12 1 0
      18 Mikel Alonso Mikel Alonso 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 23 3 2
      6 Gary Speed 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 37 11 2
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21 7 3
      39 Nicolas Anelka 1 8 3 2 1 2 1 13 4 1
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 25 10 4
      14 Kevin Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Christian Wilhelmsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Daniel Braaten 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0
      22 André Stéphane Bikey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 1 7
      33 Scott Golbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 1
      23 Ulises de la Cruz 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 0 5
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 17 6 0
      15 James Harper 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 24 5 1
      20 Emerse Fae 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 13 0
      24 Shane Long 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12 5 1
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 14 3 2
      14 John Halls 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
      8 Leroy Lita 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      4 Khalifa Cissé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Bobby Convey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1

  • Summary

    • 89' GOAL!! It's 3-0! Substitute Daniel Braaten latches onto Nicolas Anleka's ball and buries in to the right of Hahnemann! It's going to be a long journey home for Steve Coppell and his team!
    • 65' There is nearly another goal as a Bolton corner leads to a massive goalmouth scramble with a Nolan shot deflected and hacked away! Bolton are rampant!
    • 60' GOAL!! Anelka doubles Bolton's lead! Diouf releases him with a weighted through ball, and the Frenchman bears down on Jasskelainen's goal, before knocking the ball orund him and rolling it into the empty net! Anelke wheels away and into his trademark dove celebration, much to the delight of the Bolton fans!
    • 53' Ulises de la Cruz hits a great shot! He recieves the ball in the box, pushes it round two Bolton defenders and blasts in to sidenetting!
    • 37' The other Hunt (Nicky) misses a gilt-edged chance! He came in from the right unchallenged and had time to set himself up for the shot, but he blasts it across Hahnemann's goal.
    • 30' GOAL!! Speed scores in his 525th Premier League appearance! He rose up highest to meet Diouf's corner and heads past Hahnemann! The Reebok crowd and the players are loving it!
    • 29' Diouf does brilliantly down the left, beating two men to cross in. Fae heads it out for a corner.
    • 23' Another great chance for Reading. Fae comes in from the right and some neat passes open up space for Harper on the edge of the box, but his shot is tame and Jaaskelainen collects it easily.
    • 16' Long has a free header in the Bolton box, but he glances it wide! Best chance of the game so far!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Clattenburg

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Sammy Lee

    On the Field

    • Jaaskelainen
    • Hunt
    • Cid
    • Meite
    • Samuel
    • Speed
    • Nolan
    • McCann
    • Alonso
    • Diouf
    • Anelka

    Subs

    • O'Brien
    • Davies
    • Wilhelmsson
    • Braaten
    • Al Habsi

    Injured

    • Gardner
    • Giannakopoulos
    • Vaz Te
    • O'Brien
    • Dzemaili

    Suspended

    None

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • de la Cruz
    • Bikey
    • Ingimarsson
    • Golbourne
    • Fae
    • Harper
    • Gunnarsson
    • Hunt
    • Long
    • Doyle

    Subs

    • Halls
    • Convey
    • Lita
    • Federici
    • Cisse

    Injured

    • Oster
    • Duberry
    • Little
    • Brown
    • Sonko
    • Ki-Hyeon
    • Murty

    Suspended

    • Kitson