Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2008

Result

Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 February 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Benni McCarthy (25', penalty), Benni McCarthy (67', penalty), Daniel Bentley (71') and Morten Gamst Pedersen (90+4'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Kevin Davies (50').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 39 points from 26 and Bolton Wanderers 16th on 25 points from 26. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 25'Penalty goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 40'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieBolton Wanderers
  • 50'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 67'Penalty goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers
  • 71'Goal · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Iván CampoBolton Wanderers
  • 81'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 90+4'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 4, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, David Dunn

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Iván Campo, Danny Guthrie, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Matthew Taylor, Gary Cahill