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Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Macron Stadium, Horwich

the Macron Stadium is the setting on Saturday afternoon, as Steven Schumacher's Bolton Wanderers are visited by Ian Ross Evatt's Blackpool in the League One. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we cover too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Bolton Wanderers's next match is v Wycombe at 15:00 on Saturday 7th March
Blackpool's next match is v Wigan at 15:00 on Saturday 7th March

The last English League One meeting between Bolton and Blackpool was on Saturday 21st February 2026

English League One

February 21st 2026

Bolton 2	2 Blackpool

E. Toal 66'	73' H. Coulson
M. Burstow 85'	77' G. Honeyman

	BOL BLP
Shots On	7 3
Shots Off	9 7
Corners	15 5
Possession	68% 32%
Fouls	8 10
Yellow/red cards	1/0 3/0

Bolton	Blackpool

J. Bonham C. Forino-Joseph G. Johnston (J. Kenny 82') J. Osei-Tutu J. Sheehan S. Dalby E. Toal R. Apter (M. Burstow 76') E. Erhahon (M. Conway 82') K. Dempsey C. Taylor (T. Gale 76')	B. Peacock-Farrell O. Casey F. Horsfall J. Brown (G. Honeyman 61') L. Clarkson (T. Bloxham 70') N. Ennis A. Fletcher (C. Hamilton 88') H. Coulson R. Walters Z. Ashworth (J. Bowler 70') K. Anderson

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Bolton or Blackpool are in the sort of form that would have us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of two goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bolton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.55.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bolton 55%	1/2	8/15
Draw 24%	31/10	16/5
Blackpool 21%	11/2	17/4
Bolton 1-0 12%	13/2	11/2
Draw 1-1 11%	13/2	6/1
Bolton 2-0 10%	13/2	6/1
Bolton 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 0-0 7%	11/1	10/1
Blackpool 1-0 7%	16/1	11/1
Bolton 3-0 6%	10/1	9/1
Bolton 3-1 5%	11/1	10/1
Blackpool 2-1 5%	18/1	12/1
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	14/1
Blackpool 2-0 3%	33/1	20/1
Bolton 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Bolton 4-0 2%	20/1	14/1
Bolton 4-1 2%	20/1	16/1
Blackpool 3-1 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	8/11	7/10
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	43/40	21/20
Home 1st Goal 54%	4/9	4/9
Away 1st Goal 41%	15/8	2/1
No 1st Goal 5%	11/1	11/1
BTTS - Yes 50%	4/5	5/6
BTTS - No 50%	19/20	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 23%	9/4	23/10
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 10%	11/1	8/1
Home/draw 79%	1/9	1/7
Away/draw 45%	6/4	29/20
Home/away 76%	2/9	1/5
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	2/9	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	3/1	3/1
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	7/4	7/4
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	2/5	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	9/2	19/5
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/7	2/13
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	10/1	17/2
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/20	1/20
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/40
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	11/1	11/1
Home DNB 72%	1/6	1/5
Away DNB 38%	4/1	3/1
Bolton win to nil 32%	6/4	-
Blackpool win to nil 11%	10/1	-
Bolton / Bolton 36%	5/4	13/10
Bolton / Blackpool 2%	40/1	33/1
Bolton / Draw 5%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Bolton 19%	10/3	16/5
Draw / Blackpool 7%	12/1	9/1
Draw / Draw 12%	11/2	5/1
Blackpool / Bolton 4%	20/1	16/1
Blackpool / Blackpool 9%	9/1	7/1
Blackpool / Draw 5%	16/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Bolton have played 33 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 10 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. Bolton have outscored their opponents by 43 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

Bolton have played 16 games at home winning 11, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 29 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Blackpool are in 18th position in the League One on 36 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 5 and won 6. Blackpool have conceded 40 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

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 Blackpool
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	35	22	8	5	34	74	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	l 4-0A
2	Cardiff	35	22	6	7	30	72	w 1-0F	Apr 11	w 3-1F	Mar 21
3	Bolton	36	17	13	6	17	64	-	-	d 1-1F	d 2-2A
4	Bradford	35	18	7	10	6	61	d 0-00-0	Apr 25	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
5	Stockport	34	16	8	10	4	56	Apr 6	l 2-0A	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
6	Huddersfield	36	16	7	13	10	55	Apr 18	w 1-2A	w 3-2A	d 2-2F
7	Reading	35	14	12	9	7	54	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 0-3A	May 2
8	Stevenage	34	15	9	10	3	54	Mar 28	d 0-00-0	l 2-3F	Apr 6
9	Wycombe	36	14	11	11	13	53	w 3-2A	l 2-1F	d 1-1F	Apr 18
10	Plymouth	35	15	4	16	0	49	w 2-0F	Apr 3	l 0-4A	l 1-0A
11	Luton	35	13	8	14	1	47	May 2	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	l 1-0A
12	Barnsley	33	13	8	12	0	47	w 3-2F	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	l 2-1A
13	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	Apr 11	w 1-2F
14	AFC Wim	33	12	7	14	-7	43	w 3-0F	w 0-1F	l 0-2A	Mar 11
15	Exeter	35	11	9	15	-2	42	w 2-1A	w 1-5F	Apr 3	l 4-1A
16	Mansfield	33	10	11	12	2	41	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
17	Burton	36	10	10	16	-12	40	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	Mar 28	l 1-0A
18	Doncaster	34	11	6	17	-20	39	Mar 17	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	Mar 14
19	Wigan	34	9	11	14	-11	38	w 4-1F	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
20	Blackpool	35	10	8	17	-14	38	d 2-2F	d 1-1A	-	-
21	L Orient	34	10	6	18	-13	36	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 25	d 1-1A
22	Rotherham	35	9	8	18	-15	35	w 2-1F	Mar 14	w 4-0F	w 0-3F
23	Northampton	35	9	8	18	-16	35	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
24	Port Vale	32	6	9	17	-18	27	w 4-0F	Mar 21	Mar 17	l 5-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Bolton	0 - 0	Bradford
Bolton	4 - 0	Port Vale
Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff
Bolton	2 - 1	Peterborough
Bolton	4 - 1	Wigan
Bolton	3 - 0	AFC Wim
Bolton	1 - 1	Lincoln
Bolton	1 - 1	Reading
Bolton	2 - 0	Plymouth
Bolton	1 - 1	Stevenage
Bolton	0 - 2	Wycombe
Bolton	0 - 1	Rotherham
Bolton	1 - 0	Bristol R

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Reading
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Lincoln
H	Bolton	3 - 2	Barnsley
A	Bolton	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Burton
H	Bolton	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Bolton	0 - 0	Stevenage
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Wigan
A	Bolton	1 - 3	Peterborough
H	Bolton	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Bolton	0 - 1	Mansfield
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Rotherham
A	Bolton	1 - 2	Wycombe
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Exeter
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Mansfield
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Luton
H	Bolton	0 - 0	Bradford
H	Bolton	4 - 0	Port Vale
H	Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Huddersfield	2 - 2	Blackpool
Luton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
Port Vale	5 - 1	Blackpool
Wigan	0 - 2	Blackpool
Rotherham	0 - 3	Blackpool
L Orient	1 - 1	Blackpool
Burton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Peterborough	1 - 2	Blackpool
Stockport	1 - 0	Blackpool
Bradford	1 - 0	Blackpool
Northampton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Plymouth	1 - 0	Blackpool
Mansfield	2 - 0	Blackpool
Exeter	4 - 1	Blackpool
Wigan	1 - 1	Blackpool
Stevenage	1 - 3	Blackpool
Rotherham	2 - 1	Blackpool
Northampton	0 - 2	Blackpool
Barnsley	0 - 3	Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Blackpool	1 - 0	Mansfield
H	Blackpool	0 - 4	Plymouth
A	Blackpool	2 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Blackpool	0 - 1	Luton
H	Blackpool	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Blackpool	2 - 0	Northampton
A	Blackpool	1 - 2	Barnsley
H	Blackpool	1 - 2	Bradford
A	Blackpool	1 - 5	Port Vale
H	Blackpool	4 - 0	Rotherham
H	Blackpool	1 - 0	Doncaster
A	Blackpool	2 - 0	Wigan
H	Blackpool	2 - 2	Lincoln
A	Blackpool	3 - 0	Rotherham
H	Blackpool	0 - 3	Reading
A	Blackpool	1 - 1	L Orient
A	Blackpool	0 - 1	Burton
H	Blackpool	3 - 1	Cardiff
A	Blackpool	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Blackpool	1 - 1	Wycombe

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bolton have not lost to Blackpool in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Bolton

Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

1 / 7

BOL

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

Blackpool

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

BLP

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Blackpool	2 - 1
Blackpool	4 - 1
Blackpool	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Blackpool	4 - 3

Goal Statistics

Bolton Wanderers have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.7 against Blackpool on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Bolton 3rd	Blackpool 20th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals	0 39% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 76% probability of Blackpool scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Bolton have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-1 Blackpool’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.6 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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BOL

BLP

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Games scored	26		22
Failed to score	7		10
Scored first	16		15
Goals scored	43		38
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots per game	11		7
Avg. shots per goal	9		6
Conversion rate for	11		17
Avg. XG for	1.6		1
KickOff rating		+4%

19%

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BOL

BLP

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Games conceded	23		25
Clean sheets	10		7
Conceded first	14		17
Goals conceded	31		48
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	15%		15%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.5
KickOff rating		+19%

Bolton v Blackpool League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Bolton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	10	4	8
G Johnston	M Burstow	J Sheehan	J Sheehan

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bonham GLK	10			-
J Osei-Tutu DEF	26	1	1	4 -
C Forino DEF	19			5 -
E Toal DEF	27	2		-
G Johnston DEF	34	1		7 -
J Sheehan MID	27	3	4	8 -
E Erhahon MID	27		3	2 -
R Apter MID	6		1	-
K Dempsey MID	20	3	2	3 -
C Blackett-Taylor MID	5	1		-
S Dalby FWD	32	9	3	2 -
Subs
D Harrington GLK				-
M Conway DEF	31		2	2 -
C Christie DEF	15		1	2 -
X Simons MID	31	1		3 1
J Kenny FWD	4	1	1	1 -
T Gale FWD	26	5	2	2 -
M Burstow FWD	34	10	3	3 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	22	4	7
M Burstow	M Burstow	J Sheehan	S Dalby

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Burstow FWD	10	22	3	3
S Dalby FWD	9	17	3	7
Subs
T Gale FWD	5	18	2	6
J Sheehan MID	3	11	4	4
K Dempsey MID	3	7	2	3
E Toal DEF	2	5
J Osei-Tutu DEF	1	6	1	1
G Johnston DEF	1	4		2
C Blackett-Taylor MID	1	4		2
Subs
X Simons MID	1	6		1
J Kenny FWD	1	4	1	1
C Forino DEF		5		2
E Erhahon MID			3	3
R Apter MID		6	1	1
Subs
M Conway DEF		6	2	6
C Christie DEF		5	1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2301	61	217
G Johnston	J Osei-Tutu	G Johnston

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
G Johnston DEF	2301	38	217
E Toal DEF	1683	32	155
Subs
M Conway DEF	1343	61	212
J Sheehan MID	1243	26	80
Subs
X Simons MID	1063	38	87
C Forino DEF	971	30	160
E Erhahon MID	887	53	110
J Osei-Tutu DEF	618	61	177
Subs
C Christie DEF	564	15	67
M Burstow FWD	414	17	91
J Bonham GLK	401	1	7
S Dalby FWD	375	18	145
K Dempsey MID	344	20	54
Subs
T Gale FWD	322	10	55
R Apter MID	126	6	19
C Blackett-Taylor MID	70		6
Subs
J Kenny FWD	26	1	13

Blackpool League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	13	4	8
B Peacock-Farrell	A Fletcher	A Fletcher	J Brown

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	32			3 -
O Casey DEF	32		1	5 -
F Horsfall DEF	17			6 -
Z Ashworth DEF	24	1		5 -
J Brown MID	33	1	3	8 -
R Walters MID	5		1	3 -
K Anderson MID	5	1		1 -
L Clarkson MID	4		1	-
H Coulson MID	22	1		1 -
A Fletcher FWD	32	13	4	5 -
N Ennis FWD	15	4		1
Subs
F Ravizzoli GLK				-
O. Nwankwo DEF				-
G Honeyman MID	24	2	2	4 -
J Bowler MID	22	2	3	4 -
J. Richardson MID				-
T Bloxham FWD	31	5	3	2 -
C Hamilton FWD	32	2	3	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	25	4	7
A Fletcher	A Fletcher	A Fletcher	J Brown

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Fletcher FWD	13	25	4	7
Subs
T Bloxham FWD	5	15	3	6
N Ennis FWD	4	6		1
Subs
G Honeyman MID	2	5	2	2
J Bowler MID	2	11	3
C Hamilton FWD	2	8	3	3
Z Ashworth DEF	1	4		1
J Brown MID	1	3	3	7
K Anderson MID	1	2
H Coulson MID	1	1
O Casey DEF		3	1
F Horsfall DEF		2
R Walters MID			1	2
L Clarkson MID		2	1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1366	53	191
B Peacock-Farrell	O Casey	O Casey

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	1366	1	20
O Casey DEF	1322	53	191
J Brown MID	922	52	131
F Horsfall DEF	763	19	125
Z Ashworth DEF	688	52	161
Subs
G Honeyman MID	617	44	110
H Coulson MID	615	28	90
A Fletcher FWD	555	24	182
Subs
C Hamilton FWD	400	34	76
T Bloxham FWD	293	19	82
J Bowler MID	269	30	83
K Anderson MID	122	10	26
R Walters MID	112	13	31
N Ennis FWD	95	7	39
L Clarkson MID	94	3	5