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.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Matthew Taylor
- 35'Goal · Kevin Davies
- 42'Yellow card · Brett Emerton
- 61'Yellow card · Gretar Rafn Steinsson
- 66'Goal · Stephen Warnock
- 70'Yellow card · Jussi Jääskeläinen
- 76'Yellow card · Vincenzo Grella
- 76'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 78'Yellow card · Mark Davies
- 87'Goal · Benni McCarthy
- 90'Yellow card · Sebastien Puygrenier
Head-to-head
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