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Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Birmingham City - December 29, 2012 / Championship 2012/2013

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Championship 2012/2013 - Round 25

Reebok Stadium - Horwich - England

December 29, 2012

17 068

Bolton Wanderers

3 - 1

Birmingham City

Assist by Tyrone Mears Marcos Alonso

27'

Assist by Kevin DaviesChung-yong Lee

33'

(penalty) Keith Andrews

79'

11'

Nikola ZigicAssist by Chris Burke

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11' - Goal Nikola Zigic

27' - Goal Marcos Alonso27

33' - Goal Chung-yong Lee33

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59' - Substitution Jonathan Spectoris substituted by Wade Elliott

72' - Substitution Chris Burkeis substituted by Nathan Redmond

79' - Goal Keith Andrews79

79' - Substitution Callum Reillyis substituted by Jake Jervis

87' - Red card Nikola Zigic

89' - Substitution Jay Spearingis substituted by Jacob Butterfield89

94' - Substitution Chris Eaglesis substituted by Benik Afobe94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bolton Wanderers

3 - 1

Birmingham City

Bolton Wanderers Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Bolton Wanderers

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Davies

Kevin Davies

England

B.date26/03/1977

Age35 years

H1m83

positionStriker

7Eagles90+4

Chris Eagles

England

B.date19/11/1985

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Pratley

Darren Pratley

England

B.date22/04/1985

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

27Lee33

Chung-yong Lee

South Korea

B.date02/07/1988

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

8Andrews79

Keith Andrews

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/09/1980

Age32 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

20Spearing89

Jay Spearing

England

B.date25/11/1988

Age24 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Marcos Alonso27

Marcos Alonso

Spain

B.date28/12/1990

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

5Ream

Tim Ream

United States

B.date05/10/1987

Age25 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

12Knight

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age32 years

H1m98

positionLeft central defender

2Mears

Tyrone Mears

Jamaica

B.date18/02/1983

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

1Bogdan

Adam Bogdan

Hungary

B.date27/09/1987

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Adam Bogdan		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Zat Knight		32	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tim Ream		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Tyrone Mears		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Marcos Alonso	27	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Jay Spearing	89	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Darren Pratley		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Keith Andrews	79	32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Chung-yong Lee	33	24	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Chris Eagles	90+4	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Kevin Davies		35	394	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Zigic1187

Nikola Zigic

Serbia

B.date25/09/1980

Age32 years

H2m102

positionStriker

29Hall

Robert Hall

England

B.date20/10/1993

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

33Reilly79

Callum Reilly

Republic of Ireland

B.date03/10/1993

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

7Burke72

Chris Burke

Scotland

B.date02/12/1983

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

8Mullins

Hayden Mullins

England

B.date27/03/1979

Age33 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

23Spector59

Jonathan Spector

United States

B.date01/03/1986

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

27Hancox

Mitch Hancox

England

B.date09/11/1993

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

4Caldwell

Steven Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/09/1980

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

6Davies

Curtis Davies

Sierra Leone

B.date15/03/1985

Age27 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

30Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date14/12/1978

Age34 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

1Butland

Jack Butland

England

B.date10/03/1993

Age19 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jack Butland		19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Steven Caldwell		32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Curtis Davies		27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Paul Robinson		34	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Jonathan Spector	59	26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mitch Hancox		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Chris Burke	72	29	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	M	Callum Reilly	79	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Hayden Mullins		33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Robert Hall		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Nikola Zigic	1187	32	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Andy Lonergan		29
18	D	Samuel Ricketts		31
23	D	Joe Riley		21
29	M	Jacob Butterfield	89	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Martin Petrov		33
17	F	Benik Afobe	90+4	19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Marvin Sordell		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Colin Doyle		27
5	D	Pablo		31
16	D	Ben Gordon		21
15	M	Wade Elliott	59	34	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Emmitt Delfouneso		18
22	M	Nathan Redmond	72	18	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Jake Jervis	79	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marcos Alonso

Samuel Ricketts

OUT

Darren Pratley

Martin Petrov

OUT

Kevin Davies

David Ngog

OUT

Chung-yong Lee

Benik Afobe

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jonathan Spector

Wade Elliott

OUT

Chris Burke

Nathan Redmond

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dougie Freedman

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Freedman vs Birmingham City

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2012

Freedman vs Clark

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Lee Clark

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Clark vs Bolton Wanderers

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2012

Clark vs Freedman

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 29, 2012

Referee

Simon Hooper

3 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Bolton Wanderers14 matches	General total	Birmingham City20 matches	4 victories	5 draws	11 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bolton Wanderers1 match	Season total	Birmingham City3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 09, 2019					Latest figure on February 22, 2022

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Key figures

The last time Bolton Wanderers has ended with the score 3-1 in Championship, It was on the 31/10/2000 (vs )

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 27/11/2012).

It's the first time Nikola Zigic scores 1 goal vs Birmingham City in his professional career

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBolton Wanderers 2-1 Cardiff City03/11/2012

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester06/11/2012

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Barnsley17/11/2012

LBolton Wanderers 1-2 Ipswich Town01/12/2012

VBolton Wanderers 2-0 Charlton15/12/2012

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday26/12/2012

Overall

VBlackburn 1-2 Bolton Wanderers28/11/2012

LBolton Wanderers 1-2 Ipswich Town01/12/2012

DHuddersfield Town 2-2 Bolton Wanderers08/12/2012

VBolton Wanderers 2-0 Charlton15/12/2012

LPeterborough United 5-4 Bolton Wanderers22/12/2012

LBolton Wanderers 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday26/12/2012

Current form

Away

VLeeds United 0-1 Birmingham City27/10/2012

DBlackburn 1-1 Birmingham City10/11/2012

LDerby County 3-2 Birmingham City24/11/2012

DBlackpool 1-1 Birmingham City27/11/2012

LWolverhampton 1-0 Birmingham City08/12/2012

VBarnsley 1-2 Birmingham City26/12/2012

Overall

DBlackpool 1-1 Birmingham City27/11/2012

VBirmingham City 3-2 Middlesbrough30/11/2012

LWolverhampton 1-0 Birmingham City08/12/2012

DBirmingham City 2-2 Crystal Palace15/12/2012

DBirmingham City 2-2 Burnley22/12/2012

VBarnsley 1-2 Birmingham City26/12/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	5	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
7	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
9	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.58	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.58

Betting aid

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

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Chris Eagles	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Marlon King
Kevin Davies	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Marlon King
Keith Andrews	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Marlon King
Martin Petrov	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Marlon King
Chris Eagles	13 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Nikola Zigic
Chris Eagles	8 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Leroy Lita
Chris Eagles	7 goals, 13 assists during the last 23 matches	The fittest player	4 assists during the last 3 matches	Robert Hall

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

33 v

18 d

7 l

123 gf

56 ga

Away

63 matches

15 v

14 d

34 l

72 gf

112 ga

Total

121 matches

48 v

32 d

41 l

195 gf

168 ga

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

34 v

14 d

15 l

112 gf

72 ga

Away

58 matches

7 v

18 d

33 l

56 gf

123 ga

Total

121 matches

41 v

32 d

48 l

168 gf

195 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 10, 1955
Home	6 - 0	December 10, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 25, 1969
Away	2 - 0	December 14, 1963

Latest head to head

September 18, 2012 - Championship 2012/2013

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

April 02, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

March 12, 2011 - FA Cup 2010/2011

Birmingham City

2 - 3

Bolton Wanderers logo Bolton Wanderers

August 29, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Bolton Wanderers

2 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

May 09, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Bolton Wanderers

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Dennis Stevens	6 goals	1959 - 1962
Frederick Hill	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Raymond Parry	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Kevin Davies	3 goals	2010 - 2011
Brian Birch	3 goals	1959 - 1963
Nicolas Anelka	2 goals	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bolton Wanderers

Kenneth Leek	4 goals	1962 - 1963
Kevin Phillips	3 goals	2009 - 2011
Johnny Gordon	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Mikael Forssell	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Bertie Auld	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Harry Hooper	2 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Jussi Jaaskelainen	15 matches	2002 - 2011
Kevin Davies	12 matches	2003 - 2012
Roy Hartle	12 matches	1958 - 1963
Bryan Edwards	9 matches	1958 - 1963
Kevin Nolan	9 matches	2002 - 2007
Frederick Hill	9 matches	1959 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bolton Wanderers

Trevor Smith	12 matches	1958 - 1963
Mike Hellawell	9 matches	1959 - 1963
Maik Taylor	8 matches	2003 - 2007
Jimmy Bloomfield	7 matches	1960 - 1963
Kenny Cunningham	7 matches	2002 - 2006
Sebastian Larsson	7 matches	2007 - 2011