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Saturday December 22, 2007 Finished Reebok Stadium

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Bolton Wanderers

  • Diouf 73’
  • Anelka 77’, 90’

Birmingham City

  1. Bolton rumble past Brum

    Bolton rumble past Brum

    Nicolas Anelka inspired Bolton to a 3-0 victory against Birmingham at the Reebok Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Birmingham City
    • 90' That's it. Three second half goals give Bolton a deserved victory at home to Bolton. Anelka was the inspiration, scoring two and setting up one. Birmingham were clueless for most of the 90 minutes but Gary Megson won't mind about that as he continues to mastermind Bolton's revival.
    • 90' GOAL! Anelka makes it three after he was put through in acres of space by Nolan!
    • 90' We're into added time. Three more minutes to come.
    • 87' Damien Johnson with a shocking tackle on Gardner. The Bolton player is strechered off.
    • 84' Bolton are happy to let Birmingham have the ball as the clock ticks down to full time.
    • 82' El-Hadji Diouf is booked for dissent.
    • 80' Kapo with a great chance to pull one back after Hunt had passed the ball straight to him inside the Bolton area. The Frenchman took too long to shoot though and his effort was cleared off the line by a defender.
    • 79' Defensive change for Bolton. Samuel is on for Davies.
    • 77' GOAL! Anelka makes it two for Bolton! Djourou's throw in back to Maik Taylor was way to short. Anelka nipped in, rounded Taylor and slotted home.
    • 75' Birmingham make a second change. O'Connor on for McSheffrey.
    • 75' Nolan overhits a cross from the left. It goes for a Birmingham throw.
    • 73' GOAL! Diouf has made the breakthrough for Bolton. Anelka's cross from the left found Diouf at the far post. The Senegal international contolled calmly before slotting the ball past Maik Taylor to give his side the lead.
    • 71' Anelka crosses into the box but a Birmingham defender blocks it and Taylor is able to collect under no pressure.
    • 69' It's headed wide by a Bolton player.
    • 68' Bolton win a corner.
    • 67' Kevin Nolan puts the ball in the back of the net from Diouf's cross. He reels away to celebrate only to see the linesman holding up his flag for offside. It's disallowed.
    • 66' Jaidi gets booked for a late tackle. Bolton have free kick in a dangerous area just outside the area on the left hand side.
    • 65' Guthrie takes but a foul by Davies gives possession back to Birmingham.
    • 64' Bolton win a free kick by the left touchline about 55 yards from goal.
    • 62' Now Anelka is caught offside wide on the left wing.
    • 60' El-Hadji Diouf caught offside.
    • 60' Bolton feed Gardner in a good position wide on the left on the edge of the Birmingham area, but the left back's cross goes straight to Taylor.
    • 58' Bolton make their first change. It's McCann on for Campo in midfield. Like for like.
    • 56' Kapo shows some great skill to control a high ball and play in Larsson on the right wing. The midfielder hits his cross straight into touch though.
    • 55' Diouf heads a long diagonal ball from Hunt straight to Maik Taylor. Yawn.
    • 53' Davies can only head a cross up in the air for Taylor to collect.
    • 51' Another point for followers of fashion - El Hadji Diouf is wearing a fetching roll-neck jumper under his Bolton strip for the second half.
    • 50' Larsson to take... but he spoons it over the Bolton goal and into the crowd.
    • 49' Birmingham have a free kick right on the edge of the Bolton area now after a foul by Davies on Kelly.
    • 48' Great save by Jaaskelainen to stop Campo scoring a spectacular own goal with a diving header that was heading for the back of his own net from McSheffrey's cross.
    • 47' Well his strike partner Jerome has just won a free kick wide on the right inside the Bolton half.
    • 47' Kapo scored the winner when these sides met in September. Can he make the difference again today?
    • 46' Birmingham get the second half under way. Let's hope it's better than the first.
    • 46' Birmingham make a change at the break. Kapo is on for Sadler. Presumably the Frenchman will support Jerome in attack, with Schmitz switching to left back and Djourou playing at centre back.
    • 45' Chris Foy brings the half to an end. A drab encounter so far. Bolton have had the better of it but really they're just hoping for a ball into the box to drop kindly for one of their players. Birmingham came into it more as the half went on but have failed to have a shot on target so far. The second half can only be an improvement.
    • 44' Diouf cuts in from the left wing to find Campo on the edge of the area. The Spaniard lines up a shot, which flies over the bar. Ambitious but ultimately not very good.
    • 43' Campo takes again. It's cleared away again.
    • 42' Bolton win a free kick just inside the away side's half.
    • 39' Nolan is caught offside from a Diouf cross from the left.
    • 38' Campo dinked the free kick into the Birmingham box. After some head tennis it fell to O'Brien, who shot on the turn. His effort deflected out for a Bolton throw in. Half chance there.
    • 37' Hunt is booked for a late tackle on McSheffrey.
    • 35' McSheffrey whips in the corner but Hunt clears away.
    • 34' Another lively break for Birmingham. Jerome fed Larsson on the right side of the Bolton box this time. The midfielder whipped a lovely cross across the six-yard line but O'Brien stretched to put the ball out for a corner.
    • 32' Birmingham getting more into this now. Schmitz just made a good break into the Bolton box before losing control of the ball.
    • 30' Larsson makes a great break for Birmingham after Campo had passed straight to him. Larsson fed Jerome on the edge of the box but the Blues joint top scorer pulled his shot wide of Jaaskelainen's left post.
    • 28' Danny Guthrie with a burst down the right wing. He's tackled by Sadler.
    • 26' Nolan fires wide with a half chance inside the six-yard box. The ball fell to the Bolton captain from a deflected Anelka effort but the angle was too tight for Nolan to hook it in.
    • 25' Hunt tries to play in Davies on the right side of the Birmingham box. He overhits his pass. Goal kick.
    • 24' Decent attack for Birmingham. They worked to ball to Stephen Kelly wide on the right. He crossed well, but Meite cleared. Better though.
    • 22' O'Brien makes an unlikely break with the ball from defence...and promptly passes it straight to a man with a blue top and red shorts.
    • 20' Birmingham clear thier lines before Davies dives in on Sadler to give the away side a free kick and some respite.
    • 19' Bolton win a free kick just inside their own half for a foul on Diouf.
    • 18' McSheffrey tries to thread the ball through to Jermome inside the Bolton box - Meite intercepts and clears.
    • 17' Birmingham are looking a bit clueless. Taylor has just lumped a goal kick straight through to his opposite number Jaaskelainen. Why?!
    • 16' Campo dinks a free kick into the area from just inside the Blues half. Birmingham deal well with it again though.
    • 16' Diouf crosses right-footed but Taylor comes of his line to collect.
    • 15' Hunt throws the ball long into the area. Birmingham clear for a corner to the home side.
    • 15' Diouf with a lively run down the left which forces Kelly to put the ball out for a throw.
    • 13' It's cleared to Guthrie on the edge of the box, but the loan star balloons his half-volley high and wide.
    • 12' Now Bolton win a corner.
    • 11' Good delivery from McSheffrey, Djourou gets his head on it but it flies wide.
    • 10' Campo puts the ball out for a Birmingham corner.
    • 9' Birmingham have a throw in near Bolton's penalty area on the right.
    • 8' Diouf crosses but by Sebastian Larsson clears away.
    • 7' Bolton win a corner.
    • 7' Great save from Taylor. Anelka turned in the box and shot from close range, but the Blues keeper parried brilliantly.
    • 5' Those fashion fans out there will be interested to know that Birmingham are sporting a strange mix of blue top and red shorts. Mmm.
    • 4' Confusion in the Birmingham area from a cross swung in from the left. Eventually Jaidi hacks it away.
    • 3' Diouf gives the ball away in a promising position with a woeful back flick. Oh dear.
    • 2' Birmingham are awarded a free kick in their own box for a push from the corner.
    • 2' It's deflected for a corner.
    • 1' Bolton win a free kick 35 yards from goal on the right hand side of the pitch.
    • 1' Ref Chris Foy blows his whistle to get us going. Bolton kick off.
    • 0' The teams are out at brisk Reebok Stadium. Bolton will be looking to avenge their 1-0 defeat at St Andrew's in September. Since that fixture, both sides have changed managers.
    • 0' Bolton make just one change from the team that lost 4-2 at Man City last weekend. Andy O'Brien returns to replace Michalik in central defence, meaning Gary Megson's side start with the same XI which thrashed Wigan 4-1 in their last home match.
    • 0' Team news: For Birmingham, Jaidi comes in for suspended skipper Ridgewell in the centre of defence. Forssell drops to the bench despite scoring last weekend, with Djourou coming in - probably to line up in midfield.
    • 0' Welcome to uk.eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Premier League fixture between Bolton and Birmingham from the Reebok Stadium.

  • Team Stats

    Bolton Wanderers Stats Birmingham City
    54% Possession 45%
    11 Shots 6
    5 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 1
    7 Corners 2
    19 Fouls 13
    6 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 17
    250 Accurate passes 206
    77 Bad passes 51

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      5 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 26 4 1
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 45 23 3
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 1
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 0
      8 Ivan Campo 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 19 1 0
      17 Danny Guthrie 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 30 14 3
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 20 2 0
      21 El Hadji Diouf 1 2 1 1 5 2 0 28 14 0
      14 Kevin Davies 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 16 2 2
      39 Nicolas Anelka 2 3 3 1 0 2 0 11 3 0
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Gary Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Gavin McCann 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 12 3
    • Birmingham City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Maik Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0
      24 Radhi Jaidi 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 3 1
      16 Johan Djourou 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 3 1
      5 Rafael Schmitz 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 6 3
      2 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 16 3 1
      3 Matthew Sadler 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 8 7 2
      26 Fabrice Muamba 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 27 4 1
      22 Damien Johnson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 30 1 2
      7 Sebastian Larsson 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15 3 4
      11 Gary McSheffrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 2
      10 Cameron Jerome 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 9 3 0
      12 Mehdi Nafti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Mikael Forssell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Garry O'Connor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 0
      13 Colin Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' GOAL! Anelka makes it three after he was put through in acres of space by Nolan!
    • 80' Kapo with a great chance to pull one back after Hunt had passed the ball straight to him inside the Bolton area. The Frenchman took too long to shoot though and his effort was cleared off the line by a defender.
    • 77' GOAL! Anelka makes it two for Bolton! Djourou's throw in back to Maik Taylor was way to short. Anelka nipped in, rounded Taylor and slotted home.
    • 73' GOAL! Diouf has made the breakthrough for Bolton. Anelka's cross from the left found Diouf at the far post. The Senegal international contolled calmly before slotting the ball past Maik Taylor to give his side the lead.
    • 67' Kevin Nolan puts the ball in the back of the net from Diouf's cross. He reels away to celebrate only to see the linesman holding up his flag for offside. It's disallowed.
    • 56' Kapo shows some great skill to control a high ball and play in Larsson on the right wing. The midfielder hits his cross straight into touch though.
    • 50' Larsson to take... but he spoons it over the Bolton goal and into the crowd.
    • 38' Campo dinked the free kick into the Birmingham box. After some head tennis it fell to O'Brien, who shot on the turn. His effort deflected out for a Bolton throw in. Half chance there.
    • 34' Another lively break for Birmingham. Jerome fed Larsson on the right side of the Bolton box this time. The midfielder whipped a lovely cross across the six-yard line but O'Brien stretched to put the ball out for a corner.
    • 30' Larsson makes a great break for Birmingham after Campo had passed straight to him. Larsson fed Jerome on the edge of the box but the Blues joint top scorer pulled his shot wide of Jaaskelainen's left post.
    • 26' Nolan fires wide with a half chance inside the six-yard box. The ball fell to the Bolton captain from a deflected Anelka effort but the angle was too tight for Nolan to hook it in.
    • 24' Decent attack for Birmingham. They worked to ball to Stephen Kelly wide on the right. He crossed well, but Meite cleared. Better though.
    • 13' It's cleared to Guthrie on the edge of the box, but the loan star balloons his half-volley high and wide.
    • 11' Good delivery from McSheffrey, Djourou gets his head on it but it flies wide.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    On the Field

    • Jaaskelainen
    • Hunt
    • Meite
    • O'Brien
    • Gardner
    • Campo
    • Guthrie
    • Nolan
    • Davies
    • Diouf
    • Anelka

    Subs

    • McCann
    • Samuel
    • Speed
    • Giannakopoulos
    • Al Habsi

    Injured

    • Helguson
    • Vaz Te

    Suspended

    None

  • Birmingham City

    Manager: Alex McLeish

    Captain: Damien Johnson

    On the Field

    • Taylor
    • Kelly
    • Schmitz
    • Jaidi
    • Sadler
    • Djourou
    • Larsson
    • Johnson
    • Muamba
    • McSheffrey
    • Jerome

    Subs

    • Kapo
    • Nafti
    • Forssell
    • Doyle
    • O'Connor

    Injured

    • Parnaby
    • Oubiña

    Suspended

    • Ridgewell