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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Marcos AlonsoBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · Lee Chung-YongBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Lee Chung-YongBolton Wanderers
  • 77'Yellow card · Steven CaldwellBirmingham City
  • 79'Penalty goal · Keith AndrewsBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City
  • 87'Second yellow · Nikola ZigicBirmingham City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Hayden MullinsBirmingham City

Head-to-head

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

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