Man Utd v Bolton - 14th Jan 2012

Manchester United v Bolton 

Scene Setter

Second placed Manchester United are at home to 18^th placed Bolton Wanderers looking to return to winning ways in the PL after their 3-0 defeat at St James’s Park 

Bolton are looking to build on their 2-1 win away at Everton last time out and inflict a second successive defeat for United at Old Trafford in the PL

United need one more goal to reach 50 in the PL, which is nearly twice as many as the 25 Bolton have scored

While defensively Bolton with 43 have conceded twice as many goals as the 20 United have conceded

After losing to Blackburn at Old Trafford last time out United now only have the fourth best home record in the PL with two defeats and a draw to go with seven wins and have now conceded 14 goals at Old Trafford this season the 8^th worst record in the PL 

Bolton have a way better record on the road than at the Reebok, with 12 of their 16 points coming on the road and have the 12^th best record with four wins and six defeats and have yet to draw a match on the road  

Wayne Rooney leads the way in scoring for either side with 13 goals with seven of them at Old Trafford

Ivan Klasnic is the leading scorer for Bolton and has netted three times on the road this season 

Bolton have scored in seven of their 10 away matches this season and have won their last two both by 2-1 score lines 

United have scored in all 10 of their home PL matches but have conceded in six of them as well

Five of Dimitar Berbatov’s six goals have come at Old Trafford this season  whilst only one of Javier Hernandez’s six goals have come at Old Trafford

United have scored 10 times this season from headers compared to just two from Bolton

United have only conceded five goals in the first half of matches and have yet to concede in the opening 15 minutes of matches 

Attacking Stats 

Defensive Stats 

Fixture History

United are unbeaten in their last eight PL matches v Bolton

United have won eight in a row at Old Trafford against Bolton in the PL

Overall in the PL at home United lead 9/2 with just one match drawn

For Bolton’s last win at Old Trafford you need to go back to September 2002 when they left with a 1-0 victory thanks to a 76^th minute Kevin Nolan goal, this was their second successive win at Old Trafford having won 2-1 the season before 

Bolton have only scored in three of their last eight visits to Old Trafford

Never been a 0-0 between the two at Old Trafford in the PL and only one in 25 matches overall between the two 

Overall in this fixture United lead 17/3 with five matches drawn 

Earlier this season United were 5-0 winners at the Reebok

This is one of Wayne Rooney favourite fixtures with nine goals in 13 matches but only three in eight at Old Trafford 

Ryan Giggs has played in this fixture 22 times and scored four goals, all at Old Trafford in 10 matches

For a full list of the PL matches between the two click this link