Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2010

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Birmingham City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 May 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

Kevin Davies opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Kevin Davies (33') and Ivan Klasnic (60'). Birmingham City scored through James McFadden (77').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 14th on 36 points from 37 and Birmingham City 9th on 50 points from 37. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 39 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Lee BowyerBirmingham City
  • 33'Goal · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 41'Yellow card · R. JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 41'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonBirmingham City
  • 41'Yellow card · James McFaddenBirmingham City
  • 44'Yellow card · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers
  • 60'Goal · Ivan KlasnicBolton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 76'Missed penalty · Christian Benitez BetancourtBirmingham City
  • 77'Goal · James McFaddenBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Gretar SteinssonBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Gretar Steinsson, Fabrice Muamba, J. Wilshere, Ivan Klasnic, Vladimír Weiss, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Matthew Taylor, Kevin Davies

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Sebastian Larsson, Michel, Cameron Jerome, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson, Gregory Vignal