Match Report
The table gap was wide: 33 points between Tottenham Hotspur (4th, 69 pts) and Bolton Wanderers (18th, 36 pts). Bolton Wanderers had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Bolton Wanderers were scoring 1.21 and conceding 2.03, Tottenham Hotspur 1.74 and 1.08, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 18 meetings between the two: 7 for Bolton Wanderers, 7 for Tottenham Hotspur and 4 drawn, at 2.94 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side.
The match was played at Reebok Stadium (capacity 28,723). On the scoreboard, Tottenham Hotspur led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 1-4.
Goal scorers
Bolton Wanderers: Nigel Reo-Coker (51') · Tottenham Hotspur: Emmanuel Adebayor (69'), Emmanuel Adebayor (62'), Rafael van der Vaart (60'), Luka Modric (37')