Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2007

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2007, 13:35 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 March 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goal came from Nicolas Anelka (87'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Benni McCarthy (58', penalty) and Benni McCarthy (68', penalty).

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 5th on 47 points from 28 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 37 points from 28. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bolton Wanderers wins, 6 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Penalty goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 68'Penalty goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 0-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Tal Ben HaimBolton Wanderers
  • 87'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaBolton Wanderers · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 3, draws 6, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Nicky Hunt, Abdoulaye Faye, Tal Ben Haim, Gary Speed, Stylianos Giannakopoulos, Iván Campo, Henrik Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Nicolas Anelka, Kevin Nolan

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Aaron Mokoena, Christopher Samba, Stephen Warnock, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Matt Derbyshire, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy, David Dunn