Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2003

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 August 2003. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Youri Djorkaeff opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Youri Djorkaeff (3', penalty) and Kevin Davies (25'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Matt Jansen (50') and Dwight Yorke (90').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bolton Wanderers wins, 4 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Penalty goal · Youri DjorkaeffBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 24'Yellow card · Kevin NolanBolton Wanderers
  • 25'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 35'Yellow card · G. FlitcroftBlackburn Rovers
  • 42'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 50'Goal · Matt JansenBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · David ThompsonBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 88'Red card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Dwight YorkeBlackburn Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 0.