Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 12 December 2010

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 12 December 2010, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 December 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Fabrice Muamba opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Fabrice Muamba (65') and Stuart Holden (88'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Andrea Pirlo (87').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 7th on 23 points from 16 and Blackburn Rovers 13th on 21 points from 16. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 5-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 4 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · P. JonesBlackburn Rovers
  • 34'Yellow card · Zat KnightBolton Wanderers
  • 45'Yellow card · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 56'Second yellow · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 61'Yellow card · Martin OlssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 62'Yellow card · Johan ElmanderBolton Wanderers
  • 65'Goal · Fabrice MuambaBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Gary CahillBolton Wanderers
  • 87'Goal · Andrea PirloBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 88'Goal · Stuart HoldenBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 5.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Zat Knight, Stuart Holden, Martin Petrov, Mark Davies, Chung-yong Lee, Johan Elmander, Paul Robinson, Gary Cahill, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts

Blackburn Rovers line-up (5-4-1)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen