Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 28 January 2009

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Wednesday 28 January 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Bolton Wanderers 2-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 January 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Stephen Warnock (66') and Benni McCarthy (87'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Matthew Taylor (15') and Kevin Davies (35').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 21 points from 21 and Bolton Wanderers 15th on 23 points from 22. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Bolton Wanderers 13th with 41.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Matthew TaylorBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 61'Yellow card · Gretar Rafn SteinssonBolton Wanderers
  • 66'Goal · Stephen WarnockBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Jussi JääskeläinenBolton Wanderers
  • 76'Yellow card · Vincenzo GrellaBlackburn Rovers
  • 76'Yellow card · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers
  • 78'Yellow card · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 87'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Sebastien PuygrenierBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Chris Basham, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Makukula, Kevin Nolan, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies, Sébastien Puygrenier