Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Monday 28 December 2015

Result

Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Monday 28 December 2015, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Bolton Wanderers beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Monday 28 December 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Gary Madine of Bolton Wanderers in the 77th minute.

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 24th on 14 points from 23 and Blackburn Rovers 14th on 28 points from 22. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 24th with 30 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 55.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Yellow card · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 53'Yellow card · Hope AkpanBlackburn Rovers
  • 55'Yellow card · Dean MoxeyBolton Wanderers
  • 59'Yellow card · Josh VelaBolton Wanderers
  • 74'Yellow card · Shane DuffyBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Goal · Gary MadineBolton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Darren PratleyBolton Wanderers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Marcus OlssonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Bolton Wanderers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andy Lonergan, Dorian Dervite, Matthew Mills, Tim Ream, Neil Danns, Liam Feeney, Mark Davies, Darren Pratley, Chung-yong Lee, Jermaine Beckford

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede