Blackburn – Bolton 2–1

	1H	2H	T
BLA	1	1	2
B	0	1	1

Match report

Blackburn beat Bolton 2–1 at Blackburn Stadium in Championship. N. Dlamini opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Blackburn have 3 wins in their last 5, while Bolton have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽N. Dlamini

9'

H. Carter

32'

2H

49'

Moreau

⚽D. De Neveassist N. Michalski

70'

⇄A. Pears↓ N. Dlamini

70'

⇄Bianchi↓ Petrov

⇄B. Tóth↓ D. De Neve

79'

⇄Keller↓ Müller

81'

⚽Costaassist Nielsen

Momentum

BLA

⚽⚽⚽

B

Match info

TournamentChampionship · England

Kick-offMar 2, 2026 · 17:00

VenueBlackburn Stadium

Attendance56,370 / 66,318 (85%)

RefereeS. Marciniak (Pol)

FIFA ranking BLA

#11·

#18

Where to watch

Sky Sports

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

1.8Expected goals (xG)1.3

14Total shots11

7Shots on target4

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

8Corner kicks5

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Nielsen

7.8

Lineups

BLA 4-3-36.89Formation7.314-3-3 B

6.5Dlamini 17.7Silva 26.6García 36.9Moreau 47.6Romano 56.8Pereira 67.8Nielsen 76.9Costa 87.6Schmidt 97.5Marsh 107.8Müller 117.2Petrov

Blackburn

Coach: D. Costa · 4-3-3

5T. Gardner-Hickman7.0

10T. Cantwell7.3

14D. De Neve6.5

14N. Dlamini6.5

Bolton

Coach: A. Moreno · 4-3-3

1Silva7.7 2García6.6 3Moreau6.9 4Romano7.6 5Pereira6.8 6Nielsen7.8 7Costa6.9 8Schmidt7.6 9Marsh7.5 10Müller7.8 11Petrov7.2

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97:45	+52	95	WWDLW
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80:47	+33	84	WWWWD
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64:49	+15	83	WWWWD
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82:56	+26	80	LWWWD
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72:47	+25	80	DLWWW
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70:66	+4	73	WDDLL
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69:65	+4	71	WDDLW
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67:59	+8	69	DLLLW
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63:56	+7	65	WDLLL
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57:56	+1	64	DLLLW
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57:59	-2	64	LWWWD
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59:59	0	62	WWDDL
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66:66	0	60	LLLWW
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55:62	-7	60	LLWWD
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61:73	-12	58	LWWWD
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53:65	-12	57	LLWWD
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51:56	-5	55	LLWWD
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49:64	-15	55	WDDLL
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44:58	-14	53	LLWWD
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42:56	-14	52	LWWDL
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48:58	-10	51	WDDLL
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45:59	-14	47	WWDDL
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58:68	-10	46	LWDDD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29:89	-60	0	DLLLL