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

Sat 13th Dec, 15:00 BST, Macron Stadium, Horwich

Gary Caldwell takes his Exeter City troops to the Macron Stadium in the League One on Saturday afternoon, with Steven Schumacher's Bolton Wanderers waiting for them. All of the key stats for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across 17 markets are covered in this preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a smart bet.


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Best Tip: Bolton to win

As training goes on this week and the Bolton players prepare themselves for this game, the bookmakers are predicting success for them. The odds and our pre-match stats below point in that direction too, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) data we use in our predictive algorithms. The Macron Stadium has rarely been a successful away day for Exeter in the past, and we we think that will be the case again on Saturday afternoon. A win / draw / win home win is the way to go.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bolton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.40.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bolton
66%
2/5-
Draw
22%
7/2-
Exeter
12%
11/2-
Bolton 1-0
17%
13/2-
Bolton 2-0
15%
6/1-
Draw 1-1
10%
8/1-
Draw 0-0
10%
12/1-
Bolton 3-0
9%
17/2-
Bolton 2-1
9%
15/2-
Exeter 1-0
6%
16/1-
Bolton 3-1
5%
11/1-
Bolton 4-0
4%
16/1-
Exeter 2-1
3%
20/1-
Draw 2-2
3%
20/1-
Bolton 4-1
2%
20/1-
Exeter 2-0
2%
33/1-
Bolton 3-2
1%
25/1-
Bolton 5-0
1%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
7/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
61%
2/5-
Away 1st Goal
32%
21/10-
No 1st Goal
7%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
36%
19/20-
BTTS - No
64%
4/5-
BTTS - Home Win
20%
11/5-
BTTS - Draw
13%
5/1-
BTTS - Away Win
4%
12/1-
Home/draw
88%
1/9-
Away/draw
34%
7/4-
Home/away
78%
2/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
12/1-
Home DNB
82%
1/7-
Away DNB
27%
9/2-
Bolton win to nil
46%
5/4-
Exeter win to nil
8%
10/1-
Bolton / Bolton
40%
21/20-
Bolton / Exeter
2%
40/1-
Bolton / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / Bolton
21%
3/1-
Draw / Exeter
6%
14/1-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1-
Exeter / Bolton
4%
20/1-
Exeter / Exeter
6%
12/1-
Exeter / Draw
4%
18/1-
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Win / draw / win League One table

Bolton have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the League One league table. Bolton are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 5 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Bolton have outscored their opponents by 24 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Bolton have played 9 games at home winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 18 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Exeter are in 20th position in the League One on 17 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Exeter have conceded 15 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bolton
Exeter
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff1711241435 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
Mar 14
Dec 26
2
Bradford18972834 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 25
May 2
l
 
1-0A
3
Stevenage16943831 
Mar 28
Jan 20
Jan 17
l
 
2-1A
4
Lincoln18945531 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 14
Jan 10
w
 
0-1F
5
Stockport17854229 
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
6
Bolton17773828 
-
-
Feb 28
Dec 13
7
Luton18837-127 
May 2
d
 
1-1F
Jan 1
Mar 17
8
Huddersfield18828226 
Apr 18
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-1A
Jan 4
9
AFC Wim17827-226 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 31
Dec 9
Dec 29
10
Barnsley15744725 
Feb 7
d
 
1-1A
Dec 20
Mar 7
11
Wigan18675125 
w
 
4-1F
Jan 17
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
12
Wycombe18666624 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
13
L Orient18738024 
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
Mar 28
l
 
2-1F
14
Rotherham18666024 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Jan 31
l
 
1-0A
15
Northampton17728-123 
Jan 4
l
 
2-0A
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
16
Mansfield17647022 
Dec 29
Dec 9
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
17
Reading17575022 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
Jan 27
18
Doncaster18648-722 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
19
Burton18648-822 
Jan 27
l
 
3-0A
-
Apr 25
20
Exeter175210-217 
Dec 13
Feb 28
-
-
21
Peterborough175111-616 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 10
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
22
Blackpool184410-1116 
Feb 21
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-1F
Apr 3
23
Plymouth185112-1316 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 3
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
24
Port Vale183510-1014 
w
 
4-0F
Mar 21
l
 
0-2A
Jan 24
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
10
Bolton have not lost in 10 consecutive home league games
3
Exeter have lost 3 consecutive away league games
3
Bolton have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games
Bolton 6TH
20 league games
Home
10
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bolton0 - 0Bradford
Bolton4 - 0Port Vale
Bolton1 - 0Cardiff
Bolton2 - 1Peterborough
Bolton4 - 1Wigan
Bolton3 - 0AFC Wim
Bolton1 - 1Lincoln
Bolton1 - 1Reading
Bolton2 - 0Plymouth
Bolton1 - 1Stevenage
Bolton0 - 2Wycombe
Bolton0 - 1Rotherham
Bolton1 - 0Bristol R
Bolton0 - 1Stockport
Bolton3 - 1Birmingham
Bolton2 - 1L Orient
Bolton4 - 3Crawley
Bolton3 - 1Northampton
Bolton1 - 2Charlton
Bolton2 - 2Cambridge
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABolton1 - 1Luton
HBolton0 - 0Bradford
HBolton4 - 0Port Vale
HBolton1 - 0Cardiff
ABolton2 - 1Huddersfield
ABolton0 - 3Burton
HBolton2 - 1Peterborough
ABolton0 - 2Northampton
HBolton4 - 1Wigan
ABolton1 - 1L Orient
HBolton3 - 0AFC Wim
ABolton1 - 1Blackpool
HBolton1 - 1Lincoln
HBolton1 - 1Reading
ABolton1 - 1Barnsley
HBolton2 - 0Plymouth
ABolton0 - 2Stockport
HBolton1 - 1Stevenage
ABolton1 - 1Peterborough
ABolton2 - 4Lincoln
Exeter 20TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford1 - 0Exeter
L Orient2 - 1Exeter
Stockport1 - 0Exeter
Lincoln0 - 1Exeter
Stevenage2 - 1Exeter
Rotherham1 - 0Exeter
Northampton2 - 0Exeter
Wycombe0 - 1Exeter
Doncaster1 - 0Exeter
Mansfield3 - 0Exeter
Crawley3 - 1Exeter
Bristol R1 - 2Exeter
Barnsley1 - 2Exeter
Lincoln0 - 0Exeter
Rotherham1 - 1Exeter
Reading0 - 0Exeter
Charlton3 - 0Exeter
Cambridge0 - 1Exeter
Stevenage4 - 1Exeter
Peterborough1 - 1Exeter
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExeter0 - 1Bradford
AExeter1 - 2L Orient
HExeter1 - 1Wigan
HExeter2 - 0Plymouth
AExeter0 - 1Stockport
HExeter1 - 1Reading
AExeter1 - 0Lincoln
HExeter0 - 1Huddersfield
AExeter1 - 2Stevenage
HExeter0 - 2Port Vale
AExeter0 - 1Rotherham
HExeter3 - 0Peterborough
AExeter0 - 2Northampton
AExeter1 - 0Wycombe
HExeter1 - 2Mansfield
HExeter4 - 1Blackpool
AExeter0 - 1Doncaster
AExeter0 - 3Mansfield
HExeter3 - 1Huddersfield
AExeter1 - 3Crawley
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bolton since 2021
Bolton
Exeter
Goals: Scored
10
4
Games: Scored
3 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
1 / 4
BOL
2
EXE
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
0 - 2Exeter
Bolton7 - 0
Bolton2 - 0
1 - 2Exeter
League games at Exeter since 2021
Exeter
Bolton
Goals: Scored
4
6
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
BOL
2
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Exeter
1 - 2Bolton
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Bolton
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Bolton 6th Exeter 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
0.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
There is a 83% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals
0
56%
1
32%
2
3
4+
There is a 56% probability that Exeter will fail to score
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+1
Bolton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-40
Exeter have scored 40% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Bolton
PG (predicted goals)
Exeter
1.8
0.6
Attack rating
22%
better
BOL
EXE
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Games scored13
10
Failed to score4
7
Scored first8
6
Goals scored24
16
Avg. goals scored1.4
0.9
Avg. shots per game11
7
Avg. shots per goal8
8
Conversion rate for12
13
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
7%
better
BOL
EXE
view stats
Games conceded12
13
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first8
11
Goals conceded16
18
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded5
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against18%
13%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.3
KickOff rating
+7%

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

Bolton League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17765
T Sharman-LoweM BurstowA Cozier-DuberryJ Sheehan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Sharman-Lowe GLK17
1
-
M Conway DEF171
1
-
X Simons MID171
2
1
M Burstow FWD1773
3
-
A Cozier-Duberry FWD1766
1
-
G Johnston DEF16
3
-
A Morley MID15
1
-
S Dalby FWD141
-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF132
2
-
J Sheehan MID132
5
-
I Cissoko FWD12
2
-
E Toal DEF111
-
E Erhahon  MID111
1
-
J Randall MID111
-
M Forss FWD112
1
-
T Gale FWD1111
1
-
J Osei-Tutu DEF91
1
-
J McAtee FWD91
-
C Forino DEF8
3
-
R Taylor DEF6
1
-
C Christie DEF41
-
K Dempsey MID32
-
Exeter League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17534
J WhitworthJ WarehamI NiskanenJ Fitzwater
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Whitworth GLK17
1
-
J McMillan DEF17
2
-
J Fitzwater DEF1711
4
-
I Niskanen MID173
2
-
E Brierley MID171
2
-
J Wareham FWD1751
4
-
E Turns DEF16
1
-
J Aitchison MID15
1
-
J Magennis FWD144
1
-
R Cole MID1222
2
-
P Sweeney DEF11
3
-
D Andrew DEF10
1
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID101
3
-
A. Higgins FWD91
-
S Cox FWD91
1
-
E Francis MID8
-
K McDonald MID71
-
J Yfeko DEF6
-
T. Dean MID5
1
-
R Rydel DEF41
-
L Woodhouse DEF4
-
S Swinkels DEF4
1
-
L. Oakes MID1
-
C Mendes FWD1
-