Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 December 2012
Result
Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Birmingham City: match report
Bolton Wanderers beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Nikola Zigic opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Marcos Alonso (27'), Lee Chung-Yong (33') and Keith Andrews (79', penalty). Birmingham City scored through Nikola Zigic (11').
Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 16th on 29 points from 24 and Birmingham City 15th on 30 points from 24. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 68 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 64.
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-L-W-D-L and Birmingham City's W-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Nikola Zigic
- 27'Goal · Marcos Alonso
- 33'Goal · Lee Chung-Yong
- 36'Yellow card · Lee Chung-Yong
- 77'Yellow card · Steven Caldwell
- 79'Penalty goal · Keith Andrews
- 86'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
- 87'Second yellow · Nikola Zigic
- 90+3'Yellow card · Hayden Mullins
Head-to-head
Team news
Bolton Wanderers expected line-up
Ádám Bogdán, Zat Knight, Tyrone Mears, Stephen Warnock, Chris Eagles, Keith Andrews, Mark Davies, David N'Gog, Samuel Ricketts, Kevin Davies
Birmingham City expected line-up
Jack Butland, Curtis Davies, Steven Caldwell, Jonathan Spector, Ravel Morrison, Nikola Zigic, Marlon King, Hayden Mullins, Paul Robinson