Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2008
Result
Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Bolton Wanderers
Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 February 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Benni McCarthy (25', penalty), Benni McCarthy (67', penalty), Daniel Bentley (71') and Morten Gamst Pedersen (90+4'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Kevin Davies (50').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 10th on 39 points from 26 and Bolton Wanderers 16th on 25 points from 26. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Bolton Wanderers 16th with 37.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Bolton Wanderers's L-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Steven Reid
- 25'Penalty goal · Benni McCarthy
- 26'Yellow card · Kevin Nolan
- 40'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 50'Goal · Kevin Davies
- 67'Penalty goal · Benni McCarthy
- 68'Yellow card · David Dunn
- 71'Goal · Daniel Bentley
- 73'Yellow card · Iván Campo
- 81'Yellow card · El-Hadji Diouf
- 90+4'Goal · Morten Gamst Pedersen
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, David Dunn
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gretar Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Iván Campo, Danny Guthrie, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan, Ricardo Gardner, Kevin Davies, Matthew Taylor, Gary Cahill