Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 March 2012

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 24 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

D. Wheater opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from D. Wheater (29') and D. Wheater (35'). Blackburn Rovers scored through S. Nzonzi (56').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 18th on 23 points from 28 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 28 points from 29. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 31.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · D. WheaterBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · D. WheaterBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · S. NzonziBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Marcus OlssonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ádám Bogdán, Gretar Steinsson, David Wheater, Tim Ream, Martin Petrov, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Darren Pratley, David N'Gog, Ryo Miyaichi, Samuel Ricketts

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

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Scott Dann, Marcus Olsson, Grant Hanley, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, Jason Lowe, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni