Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Friday 26 December 2014

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Friday 26 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Bolton Wanderers · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2014. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Joshua King opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Emile Heskey (59') and Darren Pratley (62'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Joshua King (41').

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

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 16th on 27 points from 22 and Blackburn Rovers 8th on 34 points from 22. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bolton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Joshua KingBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · D. DerviteBolton Wanderers
  • 56'Yellow card · Shane DuffyBlackburn Rovers
  • 59'Goal · Emile HeskeyBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · Darren PratleyBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 6, draws 0, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers expected line-up

Andy Lonergan, Matthew Mills, Tim Ream, Dorian Dervite, Neil Danns, Liam Feeney, Chung-yong Lee, Darren Pratley, Josh Vela, Jermaine Beckford

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up

Grant Hanley, Todd Kane, Scott Dann, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Alan Judge, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best