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

Sat 17th Oct, 15:00 BST, St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton

We’ve Championship action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as and his Southampton side host Steven Schumacher’s Bolton Wanderers at the St. Mary's Stadium. We've got the best odds for 17 top betting markets plus predictions, stats and head-to-head data for both teams. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Southampton
69%
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Draw
16%
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Bolton
15%
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Southampton 2-1
9%
--
Southampton 3-1
8%
--
Southampton 2-0
8%
--
Southampton 3-0
7%
--
Draw 1-1
7%
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Southampton 1-0
6%
--
Southampton 4-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Southampton 3-2
5%
--
Southampton 4-0
4%
--
Bolton 2-1
4%
--
Southampton 4-2
3%
--
Southampton 5-1
3%
--
Bolton 1-0
3%
--
Southampton 5-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
26%
--
Home 1st Goal
57%
--
Away 1st Goal
42%
--
No 1st Goal
1%
--
BTTS - Yes
65%
--
BTTS - No
35%
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BTTS - Home Win
40%
--
BTTS - Draw
14%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
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Home/draw
85%
--
Away/draw
31%
--
Home/away
84%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
10%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
46%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
66%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
19%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
81%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
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Under 0.5 Goals
2%
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Home DNB
80%
--
Away DNB
26%
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Southampton win to nil
28%
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Bolton win to nil
5%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Southampton have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 13th place in the Championship league table. Southampton have a shocking record against teams below them in the league, they have lost all 2 matches and failed to score in 0 of those games. Southampton have a great home record this season winning all their home games and keeping zero clean sheets.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below in the table, having won 0, drawn 0 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Southampton have outscored their opponents by 19 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

Southampton have played 4 games at home winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Bolton are in 15th position in the Championship on 10 points having played 8 matches so far this season. 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.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 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 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Southampton
Bolton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Swansea8521717 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 6
Apr 24
Dec 8
2
West Ham84311115 
Dec 29
Oct 24
l
 
2-3A
Apr 6
3
M'Boro8431415 
Nov 27
Mar 13
Oct 23
Dec 29
4
Wolves7421514 
Mar 16
Dec 5
Feb 17
Oct 13
5
West Brom8422214 
Jan 26
Nov 3
Nov 25
May 1
6
QPR8341313 
Oct 31
Jan 23
Mar 2
d
 
0-00-0
7
Stoke8413113 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 3
Oct 10
Feb 27
8
Bristol C8413-113 
w
 
4-1F
Feb 13
Oct 31
Jan 23
9
Charlton8332-312 
Mar 20
Dec 26
Jan 26
Nov 3
10
Birmingham8251111 
Apr 20
d
 
1-1F
Mar 13
Nov 28
11
Millwall8323011 
w
 
5-1A
Apr 17
Apr 10
l
 
4-0A
12
Lincoln8323-111 
Apr 10
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-1A
Apr 17
13
Southampton8422910 
-
-
Jan 16
Oct 17
14
Wrexham8242-310 
Feb 20
l
 
2-1A
Dec 11
Jan 1
15
Bolton8314-410 
Oct 17
Jan 16
-
-
16
Blackburn823309 
Dec 19
Apr 3
Dec 5
Mar 17
17
Norwich8305-19 
Feb 17
Oct 14
Feb 20
w
 
3-4A
18
Sheff Utd8233-29 
May 1
Nov 24
Apr 20
l
 
3-2F
19
Portsmouth7223-18 
Oct 11
Feb 28
Nov 21
Feb 6
20
Watford8224-38 
Mar 6
l
 
2-1A
Apr 3
Dec 19
21
Cardiff8143-27 
Jan 1
Dec 12
w
 
1-0F
Feb 13
22
Derby8125-75 
Nov 21
Feb 6
Jan 30
Nov 6
23
Preston8116-74 
Jan 30
Nov 7
w
 
2-1F
Mar 6
24
Burnley8044-84 
Dec 9
Apr 24
Dec 26
Mar 20
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Southampton 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
44
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
Draw
6
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Southampton4 - 1Bristol C
Southampton3 - 1Swansea
Southampton5 - 1Millwall
Southampton3 - 1Stoke
Southampton1 - 1M'Boro
Southampton2 - 2Ipswich
Southampton2 - 2Bristol C
Southampton3 - 0Blackburn
Southampton2 - 1Derby
Southampton2 - 0Oxford Utd
Southampton1 - 0Norwich
Southampton5 - 0QPR
Southampton1 - 1Charlton
Southampton1 - 0Watford
Southampton1 - 0Sheff Utd
Southampton1 - 2Hull
Southampton0 - 0Millwall
Southampton1 - 1Coventry
Southampton3 - 2West Brom
Southampton3 - 1Birmingham
Goals: Scored
44
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASouthampton1 - 2Wrexham
HSouthampton4 - 1Bristol C
HSouthampton3 - 1Swansea
ASouthampton1 - 1Lincoln
ASouthampton1 - 1Birmingham
HSouthampton5 - 1Millwall
HSouthampton3 - 1Stoke
ASouthampton1 - 2Watford
HSouthampton1 - 1M'Boro
ASouthampton0 - 0M'Boro
ASouthampton3 - 1Preston
HSouthampton2 - 2Ipswich
HSouthampton2 - 2Bristol C
ASouthampton2 - 1Swansea
HSouthampton3 - 0Blackburn
HSouthampton2 - 1Derby
ASouthampton5 - 1Wrexham
HSouthampton2 - 0Oxford Utd
HSouthampton1 - 0Norwich
ASouthampton2 - 1Coventry
Bolton 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich3 - 4Bolton
Millwall4 - 0Bolton
Sheff Utd3 - 2Bolton
QPR0 - 0Bolton
Bradford0 - 1Bolton
Bradford1 - 1Bolton
Cardiff2 - 0Bolton
Plymouth1 - 2Bolton
Port Vale1 - 0Bolton
Rotherham2 - 2Bolton
Exeter1 - 5Bolton
Reading1 - 1Bolton
Lincoln1 - 1Bolton
AFC Wim0 - 1Bolton
Stevenage0 - 0Bolton
Wigan0 - 1Bolton
Peterborough3 - 1Bolton
Doncaster1 - 1Bolton
Wycombe2 - 1Bolton
Mansfield0 - 1Bolton
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABolton4 - 3Norwich
HBolton1 - 0Cardiff
HBolton2 - 3West Ham
ABolton0 - 4Millwall
ABolton2 - 3Sheff Utd
HBolton0 - 1Lincoln
ABolton0 - 0QPR
HBolton2 - 1Preston
HBolton4 - 1Stockport
ABolton1 - 0Bradford
HBolton1 - 0Bradford
HBolton2 - 3Luton
ABolton1 - 1Bradford
HBolton3 - 3Huddersfield
HBolton5 - 1Stevenage
ABolton0 - 2Cardiff
HBolton2 - 2Stockport
ABolton2 - 1Plymouth
ABolton0 - 1Port Vale
HBolton0 - 0Doncaster
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Southampton since 1995
Southampton
Bolton
Goals: Scored
3
5
Games: Scored
3 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
3 / 6
SOU
1
D
2
BOL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
1 - 2Bolton
1 - 2Bolton
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Bolton
Southampton1 - 0
League games at Bolton since 1996
Bolton
Southampton
Goals: Scored
2
4
Games: Scored
2 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
4 / 6
SOU
2
D
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Southampton
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Southampton
Goal Statistics
Southampton 13th Bolton 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.7
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
19%
2
25%
3
22%
4
15%
5+
20%
There is a 81% probability that Southampton will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Bolton will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+31
Southampton have scored 31% more goals at home than predicted
+7
Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.2
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season
Southampton
PG (predicted goals)
Bolton
2.7
1.2
Attack rating
43%
better
SOU
BOL
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Games scored8
5
Failed to score0
3
Scored first5
3
Goals scored19
11
Avg. goals scored2.4
1.4
Avg. shots per game12
10
Avg. shots per goal5
7
Conversion rate for21
14
Avg. XG for1.8
1.2
KickOff rating
+43%
Defence rating
0%
better
SOU
BOL
view stats
Games conceded8
6
Clean sheets0
2
Conceded first3
4
Goals conceded10
15
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded11
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
5
Conversion rate against12%
19%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.9
KickOff rating
0%

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

Southampton Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8743
D PeretzC LarinF AzazR Manning
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Peretz GLK8
-
R Manning DEF811
3
-
J Bree DEF81
2
-
F Azaz MID834
-
K Matsuki MID811
-
F Downes MID82
3
-
D Mubama FWD811
1
-
C Larin FWD87
2
-
L Scienza FWD822
-
N Wood DEF7
2
-
L Dobbin FWD7
-
K Schlotterbeck  DEF61
-
C. Bragg MID61
-
J Ward-Prowse MID611
-
T Fellows MID61
1
-
S Edozie FWD51
-
J Stephens DEF4
-
Welington  DEF21
-
R. Akachukwu MID1
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Bolton Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8312
J SheehanS DalbyM ConwayJ Sheehan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Conway DEF81
-
J Sheehan MID8
1
1
S Junior FWD81
1
-
S Dalby FWD83
-
T Gale FWD831
2
-
G Larrazabal DEF71
1
-
E Erhahon  MID71
-
K Dong FWD71
1
-
C Forino DEF6
1
-
R Hardie FWD6
1
-
J McAtee FWD61
1
-
J Bonham GLK5
-
L Brunt DEF5
-
A Famewo DEF5
1
-
B Davies DEF5
1
-
R Rodrigues MID511
-
E Toal DEF4
-
J Nelson FWD4
1
-
G Bazunu GLK3
-
X Simons MID31
-
T Bair FWD31
-
A Ito MID21
-
L. Stephenson DEF1
-
D Watson MID1
-