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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Valley
  • Attendance: 23638
  • Referee: Dean, M

Live Commentary

90mins

Mike Dean blows up for full time as Charlton take all three points.

88mins

Bolton win a corner which is headed clear, Diouf gathers but sends his shot looping over Carson's cross-bar.

87mins

Speed plays a one-two with Diouf who thinks about shooting but instead lays the ball off to Vaz Te who plays the ball to Campo who is tackled by Kishishev.

85mins

Darren Bent sends the ball into the back of the net from a one on one with Jaaskelainen after a mix up from the Bolton defence.

82mins

Meite finds Campo who whips in a cross which is taken off the head of Diouf by El Karkouri.

80mins

Diouf goes through on goal sending his shot wide of the post with Carson already beaten.

75mins

Faye comes on for Pedersen as Bolton make their final substitution of the day.

72mins

Idan Tal replaces Kevin Nolan after the Bolton captain picked up the yellow card.

71mins

Nolan picks up a yellow for a foul on Charlton defender Kishishev.

70mins

Kevin Davies receives a straight red card for violent conduct.

68mins

Stelios comes off and is replaced by Ricardo Vaz Te as Bolton chase the equaliser.

65mins

Bent slots home from the penalty spot to give Charlton the lead.

64mins

Ben Haim shown the yellow card for brining down Darren Bent in the area.

62mins

Stelios booked for holding back midfielder Reid.

60mins

Carson dives to his left to save Diouf's penalty and gets up quickly to clear the danger.

59mins

Faye booked for bringing down Diouf in the Charlton box.

59mins

Diouf is brought down in the box by Faye, ref Mike Dean points to the Spot.

57mins

The game is dogged down in the centre of the park with neither team able to play a telling ball.

52mins

Traore sends in a throw in looking forJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Bolton pick up the ball.

47mins

El Karkouri has a shot which is well saved by Jaaskelainen from a Charlton free-kick from the left.

45mins

Charlton Athletic get the second half underway. No further subs have been made for the next 45 minutes.

45mins

The referee blows up for half time.

44mins

Nicky Hunt whips in the cross from the right but Diouf is penalised for a foul on Carson.

42mins

Charlton have responded well since being reduced to ten men and Bolton are struggling to break them down.

40mins

Hughes breaks down the right but his cross drops safely into the arms of Jaaskelainen.

37mins

Charlton make a tactical change as Darren Ambrose is replaced by Radostin Kishishev.

36mins

Bryan Hughes fires in a shot from 20 yards but Jaaskelainen is right behind it and pulls off the save.

35mins

Charlton break down the other end as Hasselbaink forces a corner but again the cross is poor and Bolton clear.

33mins

Davies fires in a shot from just inside the box but Carson is on hand to easily gather the effort.

31mins

Diouf goes into the referee's note book following a late tackle on Charlton's Luke Young.

30mins

From the free kick Ivan Campo whips in the cross but Ambrose is on hand to head the ball clear.

28mins

Hreidarsson is sent off after elbowing Davies in the face.

25mins

Stelios misses another great chance for Bolton when guiding a close-range header wide of the target.

23mins

Charlton hit a long ball forward looking for Darren Bent but the striker is penalised for a foul.

20mins

Stelios whips in a cross from the right but Kevin Davies commits a foul and Charlton are awarded a free-kick.

18mins

The Addicks have the ball in the back of the net following a goal-mouth scramble but Darren Ambrose's close range effort is ruled out for offside.

16mins

Bolton continue to push forward and win a corner but Carson does well to gather Gary Speed's header.

14mins

Stelios goes clean through on goal but Carson does well to block his shot and the danger passes.

12mins

Charlton win a corner after Jussi Jaaskelainen saves Darren Bent's effort but Wanderers manage to clear the danger.

10mins

Bolton win a free kick after good work from Diouf but the cross comes to nothing and Charlton clear.

7mins

Charlton launch a counter attack and win a corner but Abdoulaye Meite heads clear the danger.

5mins

El-Hadji Diouf goes close for Bolton but his volley from inside the box goes over the bar.

3mins

Bolton win a free kick but Ivan Campo's cross into the box is cleared by the Charlton defence.

1mins

Bolton go immediately on the attack but Stelios Giannakopoulos's cross is gathered by Scott Carson.

0mins

Djimi Traore is available once again for Charlton after serving a one-match ban and Darren Bent also returns but Gonzalo Sorondo is still out with a spine injury. Bolton's new signing Nicolas Anelka will watch this game from the stands and Quinton Fo

Match Report

It was a tale of two penalties and two red cards at The Valley as Charlton Athletic gained their first victory of the season with a 2-0 win over Bolton Wanderers, the first time they have beaten the Lancashire side on their own ground since 1999.

The match exploded on 29 minutes when Charlton defender Hermann Hreidarsson was sent off after being given a straight red card by referee Mike Dean for elbowing Kevin Davies in the face.

Then in the second half trailing to a Darren Bent penalty, which had given the 10 men the lead, Bolton had Davies himself sent off for exactly the same offence on Amady Faye.

Bolton had missed a penalty when Charlton had 10 men and they had 11 as El Hadji Diouf saw his spot-kick brilliantly saved by Charlton's on-loan goalkeeper Scott Carson, who dived to his right to turn the ball away. Diouf himself had been fouled in what looked a fairly innocuous tackle.

The home side were then awarded a penalty themselves when Darren Bent was fouled by Tal Ben-Haim and the England striker fired home his second spot-kick of the season.

Hreidarsson's sending off was Charlton's second dismissal in three matches, Djimi Traore having been dismissed at West Ham on the opening day of the season, but he returned for this match to make his home debut along with another new signing Andy Reid, who looked impressive in the home side's midfield.

Bolton were looking for their fourth successive victory in the Premiership against Charlton at The Valley and, after the sending off, should have taken the lead by the interval.

Stelios Giannakopoulos missed two gilt-edged chances to put his side in front; firstly when clean through with only Carson to beat, he delayed his shot so long that a defender was able to get back and clear the ball for a corner. He then planted a header wide of the post.

Charlton's best effort came from a move which saw them have a goal disallowed.

Darren Ambrose's shot was well saved by Jussi Jaaskelainen, the ball came out to Darren Bent but his shot was cleared off the line. Ambrose put the rebound into the net but was adjudged to be offside.

Charlton almost took a shock lead straight after the break when Talal El Karkouri headed just over the bar from a free kick.

Then came Diouf's penalty miss which, in the end, was to turn the game on its head.

Bent slotted home Charlton's spot-kick and then made sure that Charlton would get their first points of the season when he scored the second goal after goalkeeper Carson's long clearance had been headed on by Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink. Bent got behind the defender to turn the ball into the net.

Bolton's record £8million signing Nicholas Anelka watched the match from the dugout and is likely to make his debut in Bolton's next match in two weeks' time.

Charlton Athletic

Bolton Wanderers

Corners

65

Fouls

1117

Goal attempts

117

Shots off target

45

Offsides

13

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