Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten by Bolton Wanderers 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Michael Kightly opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Michael Kightly (53') and Matt Jarvis (88'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Martin Petrov (63', penalty), Marcos Alonso (80') and Kevin Davies (84').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 20th on 22 points from 30 and Bolton Wanderers 17th on 26 points from 29. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Bolton Wanderers 18th with 36.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 2 draws and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Goal · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Richard StearmanWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 63'Penalty goal · Martin PetrovBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers
  • 80'Goal · Marcos AlonsoBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 84'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 1-3
  • 88'Goal · Matt JarvisWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 2, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

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Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Richard Stearman, Roger Johnson, Sebastien Bassong, Dave Edwards, Michael Kightly, Matt Jarvis, David Davis, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Steven Fletcher, Stephen Ward

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

Ádám Bogdán, Marcos Alonso, David Wheater, Tim Ream, Martin Petrov, Mark Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ivan Klasnic, David N'Gog, Ryo Miyaichi, Samuel Ricketts