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Sunday October 5, 2008 Finished Upton Park

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West Ham

  • Cole 68’

Bolton Wanderers

  • Davies 30’
  • Cahill 34’
  • Taylor 86’
  1. Bolton halt West Ham

    Bolton halt West Ham

    West Ham missed the opportunity to go top of the Premier League when they were beaten 3-1 by Bolton at Upton Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Ham
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • - Thanks for joining us today... plenty more to come today, stay with us!
    • 90'+2 There goes the final whistle! And Bolton take all three points!
    • 90' Andy O'Brien goes into the book now for a trip on Sears just outside the box.
    • 87' Stunning effort from Taylor... but he gets booked for his celebrations.
    • 86' GOAL! What a goal by Taylor! The substitute absolutely leathers a free kick past Green from fully 30 yards! And that should be that!
    • 83' Bellamy wins another corner... it's taken short to Bellamy who plays the ball to Ilunga... his shot is deflected and Noble nearly capitalises! But he was offside and even if his header had been on target, it wouldn't have counted.
    • 80' And Bolton make a change... off goes Muamba and on comes Joey O'Brien.
    • 79' West Ham are about to make another change... Freddie Sears comes on to replace Etherington.
    • 76' West Ham really pushing for an equaliser... what a difference a goal makes.
    • 73' Bolton make a change now... Elmander off and Matty Taylor on.
    • 71' Oooh! Behrami goes mighty close to putting West Ham back on level terms! The Swiss international's right footer from the edge of the box isn't too far wide of the upright!
    • 68' GOAL! Cole heads West Ham back in it! Upson leaps to reach a corner with a header which in turn Cole gets his forehead to from close range! 2-1 now and still all to play for!
    • 65' Jaaskelainen spills a long distance shot in front of him! But Cole hadn't followed in and the Bolton keeper is able to recover!
    • 63' Chance for Bolton here... Elamander wriggles free on the left hand side... he plays a ball across the face of goal... Upson diverts the ball goalwards but Green in aware enough to punt away to safety!
    • 62' McCann! Oooh! Not far off from the Bolton midfielder as his carefully measured sidefooter flies just wide of the mark!
    • 60' Behrami hares off on a run forward... he hits the deck theatrically with Nolan in the vicinity... and the Bolton skipper goes into the book.
    • 59' Bellamy runs on to a through pass before cutting the ball back into the box! Put behind by O'Brien and West Ham have a corner!
    • 56' The crowd are back in this one now... and that could be crucial to West Ham's chances.
    • 53' Here comes a change... and it's Craig Bellamy who comes on to replace Di Michele.
    • 51' Behrami goes in from behind on Elmander... that's a silly foul to give away... Faubert goes into the book for dissent in the aftermath...
    • 50' Cole! Great save from Jaaskelainen, as he claws Cole's deflected shot round the post!
    • 49' Etherington and Cole nearly combine to fashion a shooting chance but the Bolton defence stand firm and there's no way through.
    • 46' No changes yet for West Ham... Zola's going to see how this XI fare for a while yet before he makes any substitutions.
    • 46' Here we go again! Back underway at Upton Park!
    • 45'+2 There goes the whistle! And Bolton head in two goals to the good!
    • 44' West Ham launch a late rally just before the half time whistle blows... but Upson can't get his head to a ball into the Bolton box and that should be that for the opening period.
    • 41' Davies makes a nuisance of himself once again from the corner... but the Hammers defence manages to hold out - for the moment at least.
    • 40' Steinsson sends in a wicked cross... and it's put behind for a corner! West Ham are struggling here!
    • 38' Oh dear, blood is gushing out of a wound in Ilunga's hand... has he lost a finger or soemthing? Not sure, but he's gone off down the tunnel to have it looked at...
    • 36' Bolton are flying here! Mustapha Riga goes close with a strike from the edge of the box now and West Ham have some real thinking to do at half-time.
    • 34' GOAL! Bolton go two ahead! This time it's Gary Cahill who applies the finishing touch, but it's Green again with an error to let the visitors in. From a free kick played into the box, Davies nods down to Steinsson whose crisp shot goalwards Green can only parry into the path of Cahill who fires home!
    • 32' West Ham looking to hit back straight away and the hosts win a free kick on the edge of the Bolton box... Noble takes it... but it's a few inches over the bar!
    • 31' Green holds up his hands to take the blame... no need for that, we all know who was at fault there!
    • 30' GOAL! BOLTON TAKE THE LEAD! It's an absolute howler from Green in the West Ham net to gift Davies the opener! The Hammers keeper simply can't hang on to a long punt into the West Ham box... he drops the ball at the feet of Davies and the Bolton striker does the rest, finishing into an open goal!
    • 29' Behrami! Super effort from 25 yards... Jaaskelainen looks beaten, but the ball bounces just the wrong side of the upright!
    • 27' Good approach play from West Ham on the left hand side once again... Ilunga again gets himself into a crossing position... but his ball into the box is cleared by the Bolton defence. That's got the crowd back into it!
    • 24' Bolton have done well to frustrate West Ham so far... they've succeeded in quieting down the crowd and the game's gone a little flat over the last couple of minutes.
    • 21' Di Michele! Oooh! The Italian cuts inside and lets fly with a curler from 25 yards! But Jaaskelainen seems to have his angles covered and the ball flies wide of the post!
    • 20' Green claims the fourth one at the near post and West Ham can finally get out of their own box.
    • 19' Cole heads behind at the near post for another Bolton corner.... Elmander gets there to head against Neill for a third corner in quick succession... Cole then heads behind for another! Four in a row now...
    • 18' Samuel plays in a lovely first time cross on the volley... and Bolton win a corner!
    • 17' Parker puts his keeper in a little trouble with a bouncing back pass... and he's forced to head out to Neill, who completes the clearance.
    • 15' Ilunga gets forward well again... he cuts inside and takes on Cahill... but again the shot is off target, this time from a tight angle!
    • 13' It opens up for Elmander at the other end! But the Swede's effort is tame, and straight at Green!
    • 11' McCann comes back on as West Ham probe forward... Cole! Oooh, great turn from the striker, but his shot goes over the bar!
    • 10' McCann has a problem with his chin... there's blood seeping out of a wound and he is forced to come off to receive some attention... Bolton down to 10 men for the time being.
    • 9' Good build-up from Bolton... nice crisp passing sees Nolan receive the ball 30 yards out... he lets fly, but like every other shot so far this afternoon, it's dragged wide of the mark.
    • 8' West Ham are still sponsorless by the way... and that means they've still got those oversized numbers plastered across the chests instead.
    • 7' Muambe lets fly from distance for Bolton, but it's not his best effort ever and the ball rolls tamely behind.
    • 6' Oooh! Cahill nearly gets to the resulting free kick at the far post! But he's unsighted by Ilunga and the ball ends up glancing off his forehead and behind for a goal kick.
    • 5' Oh, that's a terrible challenge by Noble on Steinson! He lunges it and deservedly goes into the book...
    • 4' The Frenchman whips it into the danger area, hoping someone can get a touch on it... but Jaaskelainen watches it well and takes comfortably.
    • 3' Ilunga wins a free kick right on the edge of the Bolton box after Davies makes a clumsy challenge... Faubert over it...
    • 2' Gardner is fouled as he takes his first touch... and the opening minute follows suit na is played out rather scrappily.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at Upton Park!
    • - West Ham can go top with victory today, and with Bolton struggling for form, who would bet against them doing so?
    • - Today's referee is Mike Dean (Wirral).
    • - And Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Samuel, Davies, Nolan, McCann, Muamba, Gardner, Elmander - Subs: Al Habsi, Hunt, Taylor, Joey O'Brien, Smolarek, Riga, Shittu
    • - The teams are in... West Ham line up like this: Green, Faubert, Neill, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Noble, Di Michele, Etherington, Cole - Subs: Lastuvka, Lopez, Bellamy, Boa Morte, Mullins, Davenport, Sears
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the first game of today's busy Premier League schedule.

  • Team Stats

    West Ham Stats Bolton Wanderers
    65% Possession 34%
    17 Shots 13
    4 Shots on target 6
    2 Saves 0
    7 Corners 7
    8 Fouls 15
    5 Offsides 1
    4 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 20
    426 Accurate passes 178
    59 Bad passes 32

  • 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
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      2 Lucas Neill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 2
      3 Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 31 8 2
      15 Matthew Upson 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 40 6 1
      8 Scott Parker 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 76 14 1
      16 Mark Noble 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 58 16 3
      20 Julian Faubert 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 33 2 2
      21 Valon Behrami 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 45 1 3
      11 Matthew Etherington 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 5 1
      32 David Di Michele 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 12 0 1
      12 Carlton Cole 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 17 4 0
      13 Luis Boa Morte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Freddie Sears 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
      10 Craig Bellamy 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 20 3 0
      27 Calum Davenport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Walter Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jan Lastuvka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 3 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 5 2
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 19 0 4
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 6 1
      5 Gary Cahill 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 1 1
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 0
      6 Fabrice Muamba 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 13 1 4
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 24 6 5
      9 Johan Elmander 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 1 1
      14 Kevin Davies 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 19 4 1
      8 Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Matthew Taylor 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
      24 Danny Shittu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Riga Mustapha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ebi Smolarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... plenty more to come today, stay with us!
    • 86' GOAL! What a goal by Taylor! The substitute absolutely leathers a free kick past Green from fully 30 yards! And that should be that!
    • 68' GOAL! Cole heads West Ham back in it! Upson leaps to reach a corner with a header which in turn Cole gets his forehead to from close range! 2-1 now and still all to play for!
    • 65' Jaaskelainen spills a long distance shot in front of him! But Cole hadn't followed in and the Bolton keeper is able to recover!
    • 63' Chance for Bolton here... Elamander wriggles free on the left hand side... he plays a ball across the face of goal... Upson diverts the ball goalwards but Green in aware enough to punt away to safety!
    • 62' McCann! Oooh! Not far off from the Bolton midfielder as his carefully measured sidefooter flies just wide of the mark!
    • 50' Cole! Great save from Jaaskelainen, as he claws Cole's deflected shot round the post!
    • 34' GOAL! Bolton go two ahead! This time it's Gary Cahill who applies the finishing touch, but it's Green again with an error to let the visitors in. From a free kick played into the box, Davies nods down to Steinsson whose crisp shot goalwards Green can only parry into the path of Cahill who fires home!
    • 30' GOAL! BOLTON TAKE THE LEAD! It's an absolute howler from Green in the West Ham net to gift Davies the opener! The Hammers keeper simply can't hang on to a long punt into the West Ham box... he drops the ball at the feet of Davies and the Bolton striker does the rest, finishing into an open goal!
    • 29' Behrami! Super effort from 25 yards... Jaaskelainen looks beaten, but the ball bounces just the wrong side of the upright!
    • 21' Di Michele! Oooh! The Italian cuts inside and lets fly with a curler from 25 yards! But Jaaskelainen seems to have his angles covered and the ball flies wide of the post!
    • 13' It opens up for Elmander at the other end! But the Swede's effort is tame, and straight at Green!
    • 11' McCann comes back on as West Ham probe forward... Cole! Oooh, great turn from the striker, but his shot goes over the bar!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • West Ham

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • J. Faubert Yellow Card
    • L. Neill
    • M. Upson
    • L. Herita
    • V. Behrami
    • S. Parker Yellow Card
    • M. Noble Yellow Card
    • M. Etherington Substitution Out (79′)
    • C. Cole Goal
    • D. Di Michele Substitution Out (53′)

    Subs

    • C. Bellamy Substitution In53′
    • L. Boa Morte
    • H. Mullins
    • C. Davenport
    • J. Lastuvka
    • F. Sears Substitution In79′
    • W. Lopez

    Injured

    • K. Dyer
    • N. Quashie
    • D. Gabbidon
    • D. Ashton
    • J. Spector

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen
    • G. Steinsson
    • G. Cahill Goal
    • A. O'Brien Yellow Card
    • J. Samuel
    • G. McCann
    • K. Nolan
    • F. Muamba Substitution Out (80′)
    • K. Davies Goal
    • R. Gardner
    • J. Elmander Substitution Out (73′)

    Subs

    • E. Smolarek
    • D. Shittu
    • N. Hunt
    • M. Taylor Substitution In73′ Goal Yellow Card
    • J. O'Brien Substitution In80′
    • A. Al Habsi
    • R. Mustapha

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None