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

Sat 9th May, 20:00 BST, Macron Stadium, Horwich

Bradford City pay League One competitors Bolton Wanderers a visit on Saturday night, as Graham Alexander guides his team into an away clash with Steven Schumacher & co. at the Macron Stadium. League One statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head performance included too. There's so much to explore, with graphics and odds from leading bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This League One tie, with Bolton and Bradford going head-to-head, offers plenty of value in the widely used under 2.5 goals market, with a total of 3+ goals being scored seeming highly probable. Strikers for both will look to take advantage of an open match and, having analysed the relevant stats and odds, we're confident that a bet on over 2.5 goals would be stronger than anything in the WDW market.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bolton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.85.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bolton 53%	4/5	17/20
Draw 22%	5/2	5/2
Bradford 25%	3/1	16/5
Draw 1-1 10%	6/1	11/2
Bolton 2-1 10%	15/2	7/1
Bolton 1-0 7%	6/1	11/2
Bolton 2-0 7%	15/2	7/1
Bradford 2-1 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 6%	14/1	11/1
Bolton 3-1 6%	14/1	11/1
Bradford 1-0 5%	11/1	9/1
Bolton 3-0 5%	14/1	11/1
Bolton 3-2 4%	25/1	20/1
Draw 0-0 4%	9/1	15/2
Bradford 2-0 3%	20/1	16/1
Bolton 4-1 3%	28/1	22/1
Bradford 3-1 3%	33/1	25/1
Bradford 3-2 3%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	19/20	10/11
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	17/20	5/6
Home 1st Goal 53%	8/13	8/13
Away 1st Goal 45%	6/4	13/8
No 1st Goal 2%	9/1	15/2
BTTS - Yes 63%	4/5	5/6
BTTS - No 37%	19/20	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 29%	3/1	14/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 15%	7/1	13/2
Home/draw 75%	2/9	2/9
Away/draw 47%	19/20	10/11
Home/away 78%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	2/7	3/10
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	5/2	23/10
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	12/5	11/5
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	3/10	3/10
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	11/2	5/1
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	1/9	1/9
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	14/1	11/1
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/33	1/40
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/16	1/20
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	9/1	8/1
Home DNB 68%	1/3	7/20
Away DNB 41%	9/4	2/1
Bolton win to nil 23%	2/1	-
Bradford win to nil 10%	6/1	-
Bolton / Bolton 28%	15/8	9/5
Bolton / Bradford 3%	33/1	28/1
Bolton / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Bolton 17%	15/4	19/5
Draw / Bradford 9%	8/1	15/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	4/1
Bradford / Bolton 4%	22/1	18/1
Bradford / Bradford 12%	6/1	11/2
Bradford / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Bolton have played 46 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 5 and won 1. Bolton have conceded 9 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Bolton have played 23 games at home, winning 13, drawing 8 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 46 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Bradford lay in 4th place on 77 points in the League One league table having played 46 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 40 games against teams below them in the table, winning 19, drawing 10 and losing 11 games. They have scored 51 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bradford have conceded 44 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Bradford have played 23 away games, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 10 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 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 Bradford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	46	31	10	5	48	103	-	-	-	-
2	Cardiff	46	27	10	9	40	91	-	-	-	-
3	Stockport	46	22	11	13	13	77	-	-	-	-
4	Bradford	46	22	11	13	7	77	May 9	May 14	-	-
5	Bolton	46	19	18	9	18	75	-	-	May 14	May 9
6	Stevenage	46	21	12	13	3	75	-	-	-	-
7	Luton	46	21	11	14	12	74	-	-	-	-
8	Plymouth	46	22	7	17	12	73	-	-	-	-
9	Huddersfield	46	18	13	15	10	67	-	-	-	-
10	Mansfield	46	16	17	13	12	65	-	-	-	-
11	Wycombe	46	17	12	17	11	63	-	-	-	-
12	Reading	46	16	15	15	4	63	-	-	-	-
13	Blackpool	46	17	9	20	-11	60	-	-	-	-
14	Doncaster	46	17	9	20	-19	60	-	-	-	-
15	Barnsley	46	15	14	17	-5	59	-	-	-	-
16	Wigan	46	14	14	18	-9	56	-	-	-	-
17	Burton	46	13	15	18	-10	54	-	-	-	-
18	Peterborough	46	15	8	23	-4	53	-	-	-	-
19	AFC Wim	46	15	8	23	-21	53	-	-	-	-
20	L Orient	46	14	10	22	-12	52	-	-	-	-
21	Exeter	46	12	13	21	-9	49	-	-	-	-
22	Port Vale	46	10	12	24	-25	42	-	-	-	-
23	Rotherham	46	10	11	25	-30	41	-	-	-	-
24	Northampton	46	9	8	29	-35	35	-	-	-	-

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Bolton	2 - 2	Rotherham
H	Bolton	3 - 2	Wycombe
A	Bolton	5 - 1	Exeter
H	Bolton	2 - 2	Blackpool
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter	1 - 2	Bradford
Barnsley	2 - 2	Bradford
Wycombe	1 - 2	Bradford
Burton	2 - 1	Bradford
Wigan	2 - 0	Bradford
Port Vale	0 - 2	Bradford
Reading	2 - 1	Bradford
AFC Wim	3 - 1	Bradford
Luton	2 - 1	Bradford
Lincoln	3 - 0	Bradford
Huddersfield	1 - 0	Bradford
Blackpool	1 - 2	Bradford
Mansfield	3 - 0	Bradford
L Orient	2 - 1	Bradford
Plymouth	0 - 1	Bradford
Bolton	0 - 0	Bradford
Stevenage	1 - 1	Bradford
Rotherham	2 - 2	Bradford
Cardiff	1 - 3	Bradford
Doncaster	3 - 1	Bradford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bolton

Bradford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 6

1 / 6

Clean sheets

5 / 6

3 / 6

BOL

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

Bradford

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 6

Clean sheets

0 / 6

BOL

BRD

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bradford
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	2 - 4	Bolton
Bradford	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Bolton 5th	Bradford 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 28% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 14% There is a 86% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+20 Bolton have scored 20% more goals at home than predicted	-1 Bradford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.1 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

better

BOL

BRD

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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

BRD

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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 Bradford 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
43	12	11	10
G Johnston	M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	J Sheehan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Burstow FWD	45	12	5	3 -
G Johnston DEF	43	1		8 -
M Conway DEF	41		2	3 -
S Dalby FWD	41	10	5	2 -
J Sheehan MID	38	3	4	10 -
E Toal DEF	37	3	2	1 -
J Osei-Tutu DEF	36	2	2	6 1
T Gale FWD	36	5	4	3 -
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	34	8	11	1 -
X Simons MID	32	1		3 1
E Erhahon MID	30		3	4 -
K Dempsey MID	29	3	2	4 -
C Forino DEF	28	1		7 -
I Cissoko FWD	27	3		4 -
C Christie DEF	23		1	2 -
J McAtee FWD	23	2	1	2 1
J Bonham GLK	21			-
M Forss FWD	18	2		1 -
J Kenny FWD	14	6	3	2 -
R Apter FWD	13		1	-
R Rodrigues MID	12	2	2	1 -
R Taylor DEF	7			1 -
C Blackett-Taylor FWD	7	2	1	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	32	11	11
M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Burstow FWD	12	29	5	5
S Dalby FWD	10	21	5	9
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	8	32	11	11
J Kenny FWD	6	17	3	4
T Gale FWD	5	21	4	7
J Sheehan MID	3	13	4	5
E Toal DEF	3	7	2	1
K Dempsey MID	3	10	2	3
I Cissoko FWD	3	9		1
J Osei-Tutu DEF	2	9	2	2
J McAtee FWD	2	9	1	2
M Forss FWD	2	8
R Rodrigues MID	2	3	2	4
C Blackett-Taylor FWD	2	7	1	3
G Johnston DEF	1	5		2
X Simons MID	1	6		1
C Forino DEF	1	7		2
M Conway DEF		7	2	8
E Erhahon MID			3	3
C Christie DEF		5	1	3
R Apter FWD		7	1	1
R Taylor DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2824	85	263
G Johnston	J Osei-Tutu	M Conway

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Johnston DEF	2824	45	261
E Toal DEF	2242	42	208
J Sheehan MID	1792	41	119
M Conway DEF	1673	76	263
C Forino DEF	1399	44	223
X Simons MID	1082	40	94
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	988	41	135
E Erhahon MID	957	57	122
J Osei-Tutu DEF	928	85	237
J Bonham GLK	846	1	12
C Christie DEF	688	19	84
M Burstow FWD	608	27	127
S Dalby FWD	553	27	202
K Dempsey MID	512	35	89
T Gale FWD	458	13	68
I Cissoko FWD	315	12	87
R Rodrigues MID	244	12	46
J McAtee FWD	225	16	44
R Apter FWD	187	10	27
M Forss FWD	153	13	33
J Kenny FWD	126	9	40
C Blackett-Taylor FWD	81		7
R Taylor DEF	73	4	13

Bradford League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
46	11	7	13
S Walker	A Sarcevic	J Neufville	M Power

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Walker GLK	46			1 -
M Power MID	43		6	13 -
J Neufville MID	43	3	7	5 -
I Touray DEF	42		3	8 -
J. Metcalfe MID	41	2		7 -
A Sarcevic MID	38	11	3	4 -
S Humphrys FWD	38	7	4	-
T Wright MID	35	4	3	6 -
A Baldwin DEF	33	2		5 1
B Pointon MID	33	10	3	7 -
C Tilt DEF	32		1	11 -
W Swan FWD	29	6	2	4 -
M Pennington DEF	28	2		8 -
J Wright DEF	28	3		4 -
C Kelly DEF	18			-
G Lapslie MID	12		2	1 -
E. Wheatley FWD	12			2 -
K Jackson FWD	12	3		2 -
N Powell MID	10	1		-
P Mullin FWD	9			2 -
H Ashby DEF	8			2 -
L Evans MID	8		2	-
L Sibley MID	4			-
J White MID	3			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	29	7	12
A Sarcevic	S Humphrys	J Neufville	M Power

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Sarcevic MID	11	20	3	7
B Pointon MID	10	22	3	4
S Humphrys FWD	7	29	4	6
W Swan FWD	6	10	2	4
T Wright MID	4	15	3	8
J Neufville MID	3	9	7	8
J Wright DEF	3	7
K Jackson FWD	3	7		2
J. Metcalfe MID	2	12		3
A Baldwin DEF	2	5
M Pennington DEF	2	4
N Powell MID	1	4		3
S Walker GLK		1
M Power MID		9	6	12
I Touray DEF		5	3	8
C Tilt DEF		4	1	1
C Kelly DEF		1		2
G Lapslie MID		3	2	2
E. Wheatley FWD		8
L Evans MID			2	2
L Sibley MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2043	105	296
M Power	I Touray	I Touray

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Power MID	2043	76	168
I Touray DEF	1631	105	296
A Baldwin DEF	1171	46	177
S Walker GLK	1136		16
J. Metcalfe MID	1072	82	214
C Tilt DEF	1057	59	245
J Neufville MID	1021	97	213
M Pennington DEF	983	39	159
A Sarcevic MID	883	45	167
T Wright MID	796	44	131
B Pointon MID	650	35	108
J Wright DEF	597	31	185
C Kelly DEF	508	24	109
S Humphrys FWD	497	14	192
W Swan FWD	238	6	44
L Evans MID	225	15	37
G Lapslie MID	180	15	56
H Ashby DEF	130	12	27
K Jackson FWD	125	11	43
E. Wheatley FWD	122	16	42
N Powell MID	79	5	29
L Sibley MID	48	8	11
P Mullin FWD	38	3	17
J White MID	28	2	3

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Bolton have played 46 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Bradford lay in 4th place on 77 points in the League One league table having played 46 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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