Middlesbrough 4-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 March 2006

Result

Middlesbrough 4-3 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 26 March 2006, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Middlesbrough 4-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Middlesbrough won against Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 March 2006. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Stylianos Giannakopoulos opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (8', penalty), Mark Viduka (30'), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (47') and Stuart Parnaby (90'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Stylianos Giannakopoulos (4'), Augustine Okocha (58') and Radhi Jaïdi (81').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 16th on 34 points from 29 and Bolton Wanderers 7th on 48 points from 28. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Bolton Wanderers 8th with 56.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Stylianos GiannakopoulosBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 8'Penalty goal · Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 30'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Stylianos GiannakopoulosBolton Wanderers
  • 47'Goal · Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkMiddlesbrough
  • 58'Goal · Augustine OkochaBolton Wanderers · 3-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Jussi JaaskelainenBolton Wanderers
  • 81'Goal · Radhi JaïdiBolton Wanderers · 3-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Emanuel PogatetzMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Goal · Stuart ParnabyMiddlesbrough · 4-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Mark Schwarzer, Franck Queudrue, Ugo Ehiogu, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stuart Parnaby, Andrew Davies, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, James Morrison, Mark Viduka, Jerrel Hasselbaink

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Joey O'Brien, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Augustine Okocha, Henrik Pedersen, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Radhi Jaïdi