Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 20 December 2011

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Tuesday 20 December 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Bolton Wanderers 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 20 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-2.

Mark Davies opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (67'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Mark Davies (5') and Nigel Reo-Coker (30').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 10 points from 16 and Bolton Wanderers 20th on 9 points from 16. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 9'Yellow card · Mauro FormicaBlackburn Rovers
  • 12'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 30'Goal · Nigel Reo-CokerBolton Wanderers · 0-2
  • 67'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · David DunnBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 6, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Grant Hanley, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Simon Vukčević, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Marcos Alonso, Zat Knight, Fabrice Muamba, Martin Petrov, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ivan Klasnic, David N'Gog, Gary Cahill