Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Birmingham City: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Birmingham City 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

El-Hadji Diouf opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from El-Hadji Diouf (72'), Nicolas Anelka (78') and Nicolas Anelka (90+2'). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 16th on 14 points from 17 and Birmingham City 15th on 15 points from 17. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 5 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · N. HuntBolton Wanderers
  • 66'Yellow card · Radhi JaïdiBirmingham City
  • 69'Yellow card · Ricardo GardnerBolton Wanderers
  • 72'Goal · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 78'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufBolton Wanderers
  • 89'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 90+2'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 3-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 1, Birmingham City 5.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Meite, Andrew O'Brien, Iván Campo, Danny Guthrie, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies

Birmingham City line-up (4-5-1)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Johan Djourou, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Cameron Jerome, Matt Sadler, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi