Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012

Result

Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Liverpool: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Liverpool 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Mark Davies opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Mark Davies (4'), Nigel Reo-Coker (29') and Gretar Steinsson (50'). Liverpool scored through Craig Bellamy (37').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 19th on 16 points from 21 and Liverpool 7th on 35 points from 21. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Liverpool 8th with 52.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bolton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 10 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Nigel Reo-CokerBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 37'Goal · Craig BellamyLiverpool · 2-1
  • 50'Goal · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 63'Yellow card · José EnriqueLiverpool
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Dirk KuytLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 0, draws 0, Liverpool 10.

Team news

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Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ádám Bogdán, Gretar Steinsson, Zat Knight, David Wheater, Fabrice Muamba, Chris Eagles, Martin Petrov, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, David N'Gog, Samuel Ricketts

Liverpool line-up (4-5-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, José Enrique, Daniel Agger, Jordan Henderson, Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy, Steven Gerrard, Maxi Rodríguez, Charlie Adam, Martin Škrtel