Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 February 2016

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 13 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Bolton Wanderers 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 February 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Jamie Murphy opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Jamie Murphy (11'), T. Hemed (43') and B. Kayal (58'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Emile Heskey (22') and J. Spearing (52').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 4th on 53 points from 29 and Bolton Wanderers 23rd on 24 points from 30. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 90 points, and Bolton Wanderers 24th with 30.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 2 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Dale StephensBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 11'Goal · Jamie MurphyBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Emile HeskeyBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · T. HemedBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Anthony KnockaertBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 52'Goal · J. SpearingBolton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 58'Goal · B. KayalBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Josh VelaBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 3, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Uwe HünemeierBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Tear in the abductor muscle)
  • Gaëtan BongBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Torn Tendon)

Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up (4-4-2)

David Adam Stockdale, Lewis Dunk, Bruno Saltor, Gordon Greer, Joe Bennett, Greg Halford, Dale Stephens, Beram Kayal

Bolton Wanderers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

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