Birmingham City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2005
Result
Birmingham City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers
Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Birmingham City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Birmingham City were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 January 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.
El-Hadji Diouf opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Edward Upson (66'). Bolton Wanderers scored through El-Hadji Diouf (17') and Kevin Nolan (90').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 12th on 26 points from 21 and Bolton Wanderers 14th on 24 points from 21. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Bolton Wanderers 6th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Bolton Wanderers's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · El-Hadji Diouf
- 36'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
- 39'Yellow card · Emile Heskey
- 40'Yellow card · Bruno N'Gotty
- 66'Goal · Edward Upson
- 83'Yellow card · Edward Upson
- 90'Goal · Kevin Nolan
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up
Maik Taylor, Olivier Tebily, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Stephen Clemence, Darren Anderton, Stan Lazaridis, Emile Heskey, Clinton Morrison, Damien Johnson