Birmingham City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2009

Result

Birmingham City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Birmingham City lost to Bolton Wanderers 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Tamir Cohen opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from K. Phillips (84'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Tamir Cohen (10') and Lee Chung-Yong (86').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 12th on 7 points from 6 and Bolton Wanderers 17th on 4 points from 5. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 39.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Bolton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Tamir CohenBolton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 64'Yellow card · R. JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 75'Yellow card · Stephen CarrBirmingham City
  • 79'Yellow card · Jlloyd SamuelBolton Wanderers
  • 84'Goal · K. PhillipsBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Lee Chung-YongBolton Wanderers · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 5, draws 1, Bolton Wanderers 4.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Keith Fahey, Christian Benitez Betancourt, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Gregory Vignal, Teemu Tainio

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Jlloyd Samuel, Fabrice Muamba, Tamir Cohen, Ivan Klasnic, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts