Birmingham City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2012

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Birmingham City beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

L. Lita opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from L. Lita (17') and Marlon King (48', penalty). Bolton Wanderers scored through Chris Eagles (44').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 22nd on 5 points from 5 and Bolton Wanderers 11th on 7 points from 5. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Bolton Wanderers 7th with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Bolton Wanderers.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read D-W-L-L-D and Bolton Wanderers's W-L-D-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · L. LitaBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Zat KnightBolton Wanderers
  • 40'Yellow card · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 43'Yellow card · Steven CaldwellBirmingham City
  • 44'Goal · Chris EaglesBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Lee Chung-YongBolton Wanderers
  • 48'Penalty goal · Marlon KingBirmingham City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 3, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 5.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Jack Butland, David Murphy, Steven Caldwell, Pablo Ibáñez, Jonathan Spector, Paul Caddis, C. Burke, Wade Elliott, Marlon King, Leroy Lita, Hayden Mullins

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Ádám Bogdán, Tyrone Mears, Marcos Alonso, Matthew Mills, Zat Knight, Chris Eagles, Mark Davies, Jay Spearing, Chung-yong Lee, David N'Gog, Kevin Davies