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Bolton Wanderers v Stoke City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 10th Oct, 15:00 BST, Macron Stadium, Horwich

Mark Robins takes his Stoke City side to the Macron Stadium in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, with Steven Schumacher's Bolton Wanderers waiting for them. For every Championship match preview, KickOff delves into the statistics for seventeen major betting markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then brought forward alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We predict there's very little chance of a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Bolton and Stoke will score a minimum of a couple of between them during 90 mins. This is based on form stats for each side, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 80%. Bookies have it at 1.29.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bolton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bolton 45%	6/4 7%	-
Draw 24%	12/5 5%	-
Stoke 31%	8/5 6%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	11/2	-
Bolton 2-1 9%	9/1	-
Bolton 1-0 9%	17/2 6%	-
Stoke 2-1 7%	9/1	-
Bolton 2-0 7%	12/1	-
Stoke 1-0 7%	9/1 18%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	11/1 20%	-
Bolton 3-1 5%	18/1 10%	-
Stoke 2-0 4%	12/1 8%	-
Bolton 3-0 4%	25/1 10%	-
Bolton 3-2 3%	25/1 10%	-
Stoke 3-1 3%	20/1	-
Stoke 3-2 3%	25/1 10%	-
Bolton 4-1 2%	40/1 20%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	10/11 5%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	10/11 6%	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	10/11 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	20/21 2%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1 20%	-
BTTS - Yes 59%	4/6 3%	-
BTTS - No 41%	11/10 5%	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	15/4 14%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	4/1	-
Home/draw 69%	1/2 2%	-
Away/draw 55%	1/2 4%	-
Home/away 76%	3/10 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	2/7 1%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	11/4 7%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	11/5 6%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	4/11 2%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	5/1 8%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/8 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	12/1 13%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/25 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/20 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	10/1 10%	-
Home DNB 62%	5/6 4%	-
Away DNB 47%	5/6 2%	-
Bolton win to nil 22%	7/2 10%	-
Stoke win to nil 14%	4/1 15%	-
Bolton / Bolton 21%	3/1 11%	-
Bolton / Stoke 3%	25/1	-
Bolton / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	-
Draw / Bolton 14%	5/1 8%	-
Draw / Stoke 13%	11/2 8%	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 10%	-
Stoke / Bolton 3%	25/1 10%	-
Stoke / Stoke 19%	10/3 8%	-
Stoke / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Bolton have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league. Bolton are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 3 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won zero. Bolton have conceded 8 goals, scored 2, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Bolton have played 4 games at home, winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Stoke lay in 7th place on 13 points in the Championship league table having played 8 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 11 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Stoke have conceded 6 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Stoke have played 4 away games, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.3 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Bolton Stoke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	7	17	Apr 24	Dec 8	l 1-2F	Mar 6
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	11	15	l 2-3A	Apr 6	Mar 13	Nov 28
3	M'Boro	8	4	3	1	4	15	Oct 23	Dec 29	Oct 13	Feb 17
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	5	14	Feb 17	Oct 13	Apr 17	l 4-1F
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	2	14	Nov 25	May 1	Dec 12	Jan 1
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	3	13	Mar 2	d 0-00-0	Dec 5	Mar 16
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	1	13	Oct 10	Feb 27	-	-
8	Bristol C	8	4	1	3	-1	13	Oct 31	Jan 23	Oct 24	Dec 29
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12	Jan 26	Nov 3	w 4-0F	Apr 10
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	1	11	Mar 13	Nov 28	Nov 21	Feb 6
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11	Apr 10	l 4-0A	Nov 25	May 1
12	Lincoln	8	3	2	3	-1	11	l 0-1A	Apr 17	Apr 24	Dec 9
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	9	10	Jan 16	Oct 17	Mar 3	l 3-1A
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10	Dec 11	Jan 1	Dec 26	Mar 20
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10	-	-	Feb 27	Oct 10
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9	Dec 5	Mar 17	Jan 26	Nov 3
17	Norwich	8	3	0	5	-1	9	Feb 20	w 3-4A	w 1-0F	Apr 20
18	Sheff Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9	Apr 20	l 3-2F	w 2-1A	Feb 20
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8	Nov 21	Feb 6	Jan 30	Nov 7
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8	Apr 3	Dec 19	Feb 13	w 1-2F
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7	w 1-0F	Feb 13	Apr 6	d 1-1F
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5	Jan 30	Nov 6	Jan 16	Oct 17
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4	w 2-1F	Mar 6	Oct 31	Jan 23
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4	Dec 26	Mar 20	Apr 3	Dec 19

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff
Bolton	2 - 3	West Ham
Bolton	0 - 1	Lincoln
Bolton	2 - 1	Preston
Bolton	4 - 1	Stockport
Bolton	1 - 0	Bradford
Bolton	2 - 3	Luton
Bolton	3 - 3	Huddersfield
Bolton	5 - 1	Stevenage
Bolton	2 - 2	Stockport
Bolton	0 - 0	Doncaster
Bolton	3 - 2	Wycombe
Bolton	2 - 2	Blackpool
Bolton	3 - 2	Barnsley
Bolton	2 - 1	Burton
Bolton	2 - 1	L Orient
Bolton	0 - 0	Northampton
Bolton	0 - 1	Mansfield
Bolton	2 - 1	Rotherham
Bolton	2 - 1	Exeter

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bolton	4 - 3	Norwich
H	Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff
H	Bolton	2 - 3	West Ham
A	Bolton	0 - 4	Millwall
A	Bolton	2 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Bolton	0 - 1	Lincoln
A	Bolton	0 - 0	QPR
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Preston
H	Bolton	4 - 1	Stockport
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Bradford
H	Bolton	1 - 0	Bradford
H	Bolton	2 - 3	Luton
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Bradford
H	Bolton	3 - 3	Huddersfield
H	Bolton	5 - 1	Stevenage
A	Bolton	0 - 2	Cardiff
H	Bolton	2 - 2	Stockport
A	Bolton	2 - 1	Plymouth
A	Bolton	0 - 1	Port Vale
H	Bolton	0 - 0	Doncaster

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	1 - 2	Stoke
Cardiff	1 - 1	Stoke
Wolves	4 - 1	Stoke
Southampton	3 - 1	Stoke
Bristol C	2 - 0	Stoke
Wrexham	2 - 0	Stoke
Derby	2 - 0	Stoke
Preston	3 - 1	Stoke
Swansea	2 - 0	Stoke
Coventry	2 - 1	Stoke
Charlton	1 - 0	Stoke
West Brom	0 - 0	Stoke
Birmingham	1 - 1	Stoke
Norwich	0 - 2	Stoke
Hull	0 - 1	Stoke
Watford	1 - 0	Stoke
Ipswich	1 - 0	Stoke
Sheff Utd	4 - 0	Stoke
Leicester	2 - 1	Stoke
Oxford Utd	0 - 3	Stoke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Stoke	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Stoke	2 - 1	Watford
A	Stoke	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Stoke	4 - 0	Charlton
H	Stoke	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Stoke	1 - 4	Wolves
A	Stoke	1 - 3	Southampton
H	Stoke	1 - 2	Swansea
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Bristol C
H	Stoke	1 - 3	Portsmouth
H	Stoke	1 - 3	Millwall
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Wrexham
H	Stoke	1 - 1	Blackburn
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Derby
H	Stoke	2 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Stoke	1 - 3	Preston
H	Stoke	3 - 1	Watford
H	Stoke	3 - 3	Ipswich
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Swansea
A	Stoke	1 - 2	Coventry

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bolton

Stoke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

1 / 6

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Bolton	5 - 0
Bolton	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Bolton	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Stoke

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 6

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

0 / 6

BOL

STK

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
Stoke	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Stoke	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Bolton
Stoke	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Bolton

Goal Statistics

	Bolton 15th	Stoke 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Stoke will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+13 Bolton have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted	-30 Stoke have scored 30% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.9 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season

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BOL

STK

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

BOL

STK

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Bolton v Stoke Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Bolton Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	3	1	2
J Sheehan	S Dalby	M Conway	J Sheehan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Conway DEF	8		1	-
J Sheehan MID	8			1 1
S Junior FWD	8		1	1 -
S Dalby FWD	8	3		-
T Gale FWD	8	3	1	2 -
G Larrazabal DEF	7	1		1 -
E Erhahon MID	7	1		-
K Dong FWD	7		1	1 -
C Forino DEF	6			1 -
R Hardie FWD	6			1 -
J McAtee FWD	6		1	1 -
J Bonham GLK	5			-
L Brunt DEF	5			-
A Famewo DEF	5			1 -
B Davies DEF	5			1 -
R Rodrigues MID	5	1	1	-
E Toal DEF	4			-
J Nelson FWD	4			1 -
G Bazunu GLK	3			-
X Simons MID	3	1		-
T Bair FWD	3		1	-
A Ito MID	2	1		-
L. Stephenson DEF	1			-
D Watson MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	5	1	2
S Dalby	J Sheehan	M Conway	J Sheehan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Dalby FWD	3	5		1
T Gale FWD	3	5	1	2
G Larrazabal DEF	1	2
E Erhahon MID	1	1
R Rodrigues MID	1	3	1
X Simons MID	1	2		1
A Ito MID	1	1
M Conway DEF			1	1
J Sheehan MID		5		2
S Junior FWD		4	1	1
K Dong FWD		1	1	1
C Forino DEF		1
J McAtee FWD		3	1
L Brunt DEF		1
A Famewo DEF		1
E Toal DEF		1
J Nelson FWD		2
T Bair FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
404	18	54
J Sheehan	M Conway	S Dalby

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Sheehan MID	404	8	25
C Forino DEF	298	16	46
M Conway DEF	278	18	43
E Erhahon MID	249	16	23
A Famewo DEF	212	9	30
J Bonham GLK	209		2
B Davies DEF	195	4	21
L Brunt DEF	170	5	26
G Larrazabal DEF	167	6	17
E Toal DEF	140	7	11
T Gale FWD	138	6	24
S Dalby FWD	125	7	54
G Bazunu GLK	125		2
S Junior FWD	112	5	18
R Rodrigues MID	107	4	19
X Simons MID	87	2	8
J McAtee FWD	75	9	15
K Dong FWD	63	2	9
L. Stephenson DEF	32		2
J Nelson FWD	26	1	5
T Bair FWD	10	1	3
R Hardie FWD	9	1	2
A Ito MID	5	2	2
D Watson MID	4		1

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	3	2	4
V Johansson	E Galbraith	E Bocat	E Galbraith

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	8			-
E Bocat DEF	8	2	2	1 -
B Wilmot DEF	8			1 -
E Galbraith MID	8	3	1	4 -
D. Soumaré MID	8			1 -
B Johnson DEF	7	1		-
G Hirst FWD	7	1		1 -
L. Graham DEF	6			2 -
M Taloverov DEF	6			2 -
R Bozenik FWD	6		1	-
S Gallagher FWD	6	2	1	2 -
J. Bae MID	5			1 -
L. Bombino DEF	4			-
M Lawal DEF	4			2 -
J Devenny MID	4	2		1 -
J McGlynn MID	4	2		-
L Cissé FWD	4		1	-
M Manhoef FWD	4			-
B Pearson MID	3			-
T Rigo MID	3		1	-
S Ingelsson MID	2			1 1
J Tchamadeu DEF	1		1	-
B Gibson DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	5	2	2
E Galbraith	E Galbraith	E Bocat	E Bocat

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Galbraith MID	3	5	1	1
E Bocat DEF	2	3	2	2
S Gallagher FWD	2	4	1	1
J Devenny MID	2	4		1
J McGlynn MID	2	3
B Johnson DEF	1	4		1
G Hirst FWD	1	3
D. Soumaré MID		1
M Taloverov DEF		1
R Bozenik FWD			1	1
J. Bae MID				1
L. Bombino DEF		1
L Cissé FWD		1	1	1
M Manhoef FWD		1
B Pearson MID				1
T Rigo MID			1
J Tchamadeu DEF			1
B Gibson DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
372	14	37
B Wilmot	D. Soumaré	B Johnson

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Wilmot DEF	372	10	29
E Galbraith MID	365	11	34
D. Soumaré MID	290	14	31
L. Graham DEF	290	11	37
V Johansson GLK	243		4
E Bocat DEF	228	12	29
M Taloverov DEF	193	4	17
B Johnson DEF	187	13	37
J McGlynn MID	109	2	6
M Lawal DEF	97	4	12
J Devenny MID	79	6	12
J. Bae MID	71	5	19
G Hirst FWD	48		9
B Gibson DEF	48	1	4
S Gallagher FWD	38	8	27
R Bozenik FWD	38	3	13
L Cissé FWD	31	2	19
L. Bombino DEF	28	11	16
M Manhoef FWD	26	4	8
B Pearson MID	23	2	3
S Ingelsson MID	20	2	3
T Rigo MID	19		3
J Tchamadeu DEF	10		2

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Bolton have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league. Bolton are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 3 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

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Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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