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Blackburn 4-1 Bolton Wanderers - February 24, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 27

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

February 24, 2008

23 995

Blackburn

4 - 1

Bolton Wanderers

(penalty) Benni McCarthy

24'

(penalty) Benni McCarthy

66'

(header) David Bentley

71'

(right foot) Morten Gamst Pedersen

90'

50'

Kevin Davies (left foot)

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24' - Goal Benni McCarthy24

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46' - Substitution Danny Guthrieis substituted by Grzegorz Rasiak

50' - Goal Kevin Davies

66' - Goal Benni McCarthy66

71' - Goal David Bentley71

75' - Substitution David Dunnis substituted by Aaron Mokoena75

75' - Substitution Iván Campois substituted by Joey O'Brien photo Tamir Cohen

75' - Substitution Kevin Nolanis substituted by Tamir Cohen

81' - Substitution Benni McCarthyis substituted by Jason Roberts81

90' - Goal Morten Gamst Pedersen90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

4 - 1

Bolton Wanderers

Blackburn Bolton Wanderers

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Samba

Christopher Samba

Congo

B.date28/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Khizanishvili

Zurab Khizanishvili

Georgia

B.date06/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Dunn75

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Bentley71

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Pedersen90

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Emerton

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

McCarthy246681

Benni McCarthy

South Africa

B.date12/11/1977

Age30 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Santa Cruz

Roque Santa Cruz

Paraguay

B.date16/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		36	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Samba		23	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zurab Khizanishvili		26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock		26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Reid		26	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	75	28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley	71	23	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	90	26	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton		29	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	246681	30	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roque Santa Cruz		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

Bolton Wanderers

Jaaskelainen

Jussi Jaaskelainen

Finland

B.date19/04/1975

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Iván Campo75

Iván Campo

Spain

B.date21/02/1974

Age34 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Cahill

Gary Cahill

England

B.date19/12/1985

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

O'Brien

Andy O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Steinsson

Greitar Steinsson

Iceland

B.date09/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight full-back

Gardner

Ricardo Gardner

Jamaica

B.date25/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Guthrie46

Danny Guthrie

England

B.date18/04/1987

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Taylor

Matthew Taylor

England

B.date27/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Nolan75

Kevin Nolan

England

B.date24/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Diouf

El-Hadji Diouf

Senegal

B.date15/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

Davies50

Kevin Davies

England

B.date26/03/1977

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jussi Jaaskelainen		32	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iván Campo	75	34	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Cahill		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy O'Brien		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greitar Steinsson		26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricardo Gardner		29	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Guthrie	46	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Taylor		26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Nolan	75	25	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	El-Hadji Diouf		27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Davies	50	30	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Aaron Mokoena	75	27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Jason Roberts	81	30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tamir Cohen	75	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Grzegorz Rasiak	46	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Dunn

Kerimoglu Tugay

OUT

Christopher Samba

André Ooijer

OUT

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Bruno Berner

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Greitar Steinsson

Jlloyd Samuel

OUT

Danny Guthrie

Gavin McCann

OUT

Ricardo Gardner

Nicky Hunt

OUT

Iván Campo

Stylianos Giannakopoulos

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

177

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hughes vs Bolton Wanderers

4 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Hughes vs Megson

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Megson

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Megson vs Blackburn

1 victory

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Megson vs Hughes

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Referee

Mark Clattenburg

9 victories	7 draws	11 losses	Blackburn27 matches	General total	Bolton Wanderers33 matches	11 victories	11 draws	11 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Blackburn4 matches	Season total	Bolton Wanderers5 matches	2 victories	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on November 29, 2014					Latest figure on January 19, 2016

Videos

October 17, 2023

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Bolton Wanderers after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 19/01/2008).

El-Hadji Diouf played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

End of streak for Bolton Wanderers after 3 matches without conceding any goal away from home (since 19/01/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 16/12/2000-20/01/2001 (4 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	7	Portsmouth	44 pts	27 rd
	8	Manchester City	44 pts	26 rd
+1	9	Blackburn	42 pts	27 rd
-1	10	West Ham	40 pts	26 rd
	11	Tottenham	32 pts	26 rd

General ranking

14	Wigan	26 pts	27 rd
15	Sunderland	26 pts	27 rd
16	Bolton Wanderers	25 pts	27 rd
17	Birmingham City	23 pts	27 rd
18	Reading	22 pts	27 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBlackburn 2-3 Arsenal18/12/2007

LBlackburn 0-1 Chelsea23/12/2007

VBlackburn 1-0 Sunderland02/01/2008

LBlackburn 1-4 Coventry05/01/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough19/01/2008

DBlackburn 0-0 Everton02/02/2008

Overall

LBlackburn 1-4 Coventry05/01/2008

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Blackburn13/01/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough19/01/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Blackburn26/01/2008

DBlackburn 0-0 Everton02/02/2008

LArsenal 2-0 Blackburn11/02/2008

Current form

Away

LManchester City 4-2 Bolton Wanderers15/12/2007

LEverton 2-0 Bolton Wanderers26/12/2007

LSunderland 3-1 Bolton Wanderers29/12/2007

DNewcastle United 0-0 Bolton Wanderers19/01/2008

VReading 0-2 Bolton Wanderers02/02/2008

DAtlético Madrid 0-0 Bolton Wanderers21/02/2008

Overall

DNewcastle United 0-0 Bolton Wanderers19/01/2008

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Fulham29/01/2008

VReading 0-2 Bolton Wanderers02/02/2008

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 Portsmouth09/02/2008

VBolton Wanderers 1-0 Atlético Madrid14/02/2008

DAtlético Madrid 0-0 Bolton Wanderers21/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	16
15	General ranking (Home / Away)	15
47	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	126
9	FBDB index ranking (National)	13

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
9	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	13
4	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.92

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (2 times)

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
5	Red cards (Competition total)	0
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Roque Santa Cruz	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Benni McCarthy	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kevin Nolan
Benni McCarthy	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Benni McCarthy	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Roque Santa Cruz	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	Kevin Nolan

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

36 v

16 d

19 l

145 gf

94 ga

Away

75 matches

17 v

19 d

39 l

92 gf

128 ga

Total

146 matches

53 v

35 d

58 l

237 gf

222 ga

Historical head to head

Home

75 matches

39 v

19 d

17 l

128 gf

92 ga

Away

71 matches

19 v

16 d

36 l

94 gf

145 ga

Total

146 matches

58 v

35 d

53 l

222 gf

237 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 26, 1912
Home	6 - 0	October 26, 1912

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 22, 1925
Away	6 - 1	January 07, 1928

Latest head to head

January 13, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Bolton Wanderers

1 - 2

Blackburn

March 04, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Bolton Wanderers

1 - 2

Blackburn

October 22, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Blackburn

0 - 1

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

January 14, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Blackburn

0 - 0

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

September 11, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Bolton Wanderers

0 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Bolton Wanderers

Frederick Pickering	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Peter Dobing	4 goals	1958 - 1959
Andrew McEvoy	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Mike Harrison	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Matt Jansen	2 goals	2002 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Kevin Nolan	3 goals	2004 - 2008
Youri Djorkaeff	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Raymond Parry	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Rod Wallace	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Ron McGarry	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Dennis Stevens	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bolton Wanderers

Brad Friedel	15 matches	2001 - 2008
Lucas Neill	11 matches	2001 - 2006
Ronnie Clayton	11 matches	1958 - 1964
Garry Flitcroft	10 matches	1997 - 2004
Michael McGrath	10 matches	1958 - 1964
Matt Woods	9 matches	1958 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Kevin Nolan	14 matches	2001 - 2008
Jussi Jaaskelainen	13 matches	2001 - 2008
Edward Hopkinson	11 matches	1958 - 1964
Bryan Edwards	11 matches	1958 - 1964
Ricardo Gardner	11 matches	2001 - 2008
Iván Campo	10 matches	2002 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Colin Hendry

259 matches

12 matches

1989 - 2002

Matt Jansen

115 matches

7 matches

1999 - 2006

Andy Todd

113 matches

60 matches

1995 - 2007

John Byrom

108 matches

3 matches

1961 - 1972

David Thompson

84 matches

7 matches

2002 - 2007

Paul Warhurst

73 matches

48 matches

1993 - 2003

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/11/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kevin Davies

28 matches

194 matches

1998 - 2008

Per Frandsen

4 matches

175 matches

1996 - 2004

Youri Djorkaeff

3 matches

81 matches

2002 - 2004

Nathan Blake

26 matches

70 matches

1995 - 2001

Andy Todd

113 matches

60 matches

1995 - 2007

Scott Sellars

10 matches

59 matches

1989 - 1999

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/11/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 23, 2008

Birmingham City

2 2

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Fulham

0 1

West Ham

Video availableLine-ups available

Liverpool

3 2

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Newcastle United

1 5

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

1 0

Sunderland

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

2 0

Derby County

Video availableLine-ups available

February 24, 2008

Reading

1 2

Aston Villa

Video availableLine-ups available

February 25, 2008

Manchester City

0 2

Everton

Line-ups available

March 19, 2008

Tottenham

4 4

Chelsea

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	64	27	19	7	1	56	20	+36
2	Manchester United	61	27	19	4	4	55	15	+40
3	Chelsea	55	26	16	7	3	38	17	+21
4	Liverpool	47	26	12	11	3	43	19	+24
5	Everton	47	26	14	5	7	41	23	+18
6	Aston Villa	47	27	13	8	6	50	35	+15
7	Portsmouth	44	27	12	8	7	37	26	+11
8	Manchester City	44	26	12	8	6	34	29	+5
+19	Blackburn	42	27	11	9	7	36	34	+2
-110	West Ham	40	26	11	7	8	31	23	+8
11	Tottenham	32	26	8	8	10	48	41	+7
12	Middlesbrough	29	27	7	8	12	25	41	-16
13	Newcastle United	28	27	7	7	13	30	52	-22
14	Wigan	26	27	7	5	15	26	42	-16
15	Sunderland	26	27	7	5	15	26	46	-20
16	Bolton Wanderers	25	27	6	7	14	27	39	-12
17	Birmingham City	23	27	5	8	14	27	40	-13
18	Reading	22	27	6	4	17	31	55	-24
19	Fulham	19	27	3	10	14	25	45	-20
20	Derby County	9	27	1	6	20	13	57	-44

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Blackburn 4-1 Bolton Wanderers - February 24, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

4 - 1

Bolton Wanderers

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Hughes vs Bolton Wanderers

Hughes vs Megson

Manager

Megson vs Blackburn

Megson vs Hughes

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Bolton Wanderers

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Bolton Wanderers

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking