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

Sat 23rd Aug, 15:00 BST, Macron Stadium, Horwich

Lincoln City are away from home on Saturday afternoon, as manager Michael Skubala takes his men to visit Bolton Wanderers and Steven Gerrard at the Macron Stadium in the League One. All of the key stats for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across seventeen major markets are included in this preview. It's all designed to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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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
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Bolton
49%
--
Draw
25%
--
Lincoln
26%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Bolton 1-0
11%
--
Bolton 2-1
9%
--
Bolton 2-0
9%
--
Lincoln 1-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Lincoln 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Bolton 3-1
5%
--
Bolton 3-0
5%
--
Lincoln 2-0
4%
--
Bolton 3-2
3%
--
Lincoln 3-1
2%
--
Bolton 4-1
2%
--
Lincoln 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
53%
--
BTTS - No
47%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
66%
--
Away DNB
44%
--
Bolton win to nil
27%
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Lincoln win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win League One table
Won
Draw
Lost
Bolton
Lincoln
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Huddersfield220056 
Apr 18
Oct 18
Jan 1
Mar 17
2
Barnsley220036 
Feb 7
Aug 16
Dec 9
Dec 29
3
Stockport220036 
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
Mar 14
Dec 26
4
Luton220036 
May 2
Nov 29
Sep 20
Jan 17
5
Stevenage220026 
Mar 28
Nov 15
Oct 18
Apr 18
6
Doncaster220026 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Nov 15
Mar 28
7
Cardiff211014 
Oct 25
Apr 11
Dec 20
Mar 7
8
Bradford211014 
Nov 22
Apr 25
Jan 27
Oct 11
9
Exeter210123 
Dec 13
Feb 28
Oct 4
Jan 10
10
AFC Wim210113 
Sep 6
Jan 31
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
11
Burton210103 
Jan 27
Oct 11
Jan 24
Sep 13
12
Wigan210103 
Sep 20
Jan 17
Sep 6
Jan 31
13
Rotherham210103 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Mar 21
Nov 8
14
Bolton210103 
-
-
Feb 14
Aug 23
15
Lincoln210103 
Aug 23
Feb 14
-
-
16
L Orient2101-13 
Jan 24
Sep 13
Apr 11
Oct 25
17
Port Vale2011-11 
Nov 8
Mar 21
Nov 29
May 2
18
Northampton2011-21 
Jan 4
Sep 27
Feb 17
Aug 19
19
Mansfield2002-20 
Dec 29
Dec 9
Aug 30
Feb 21
20
Wycombe2002-20 
Mar 7
Dec 20
Apr 25
Nov 22
21
Peterborough2002-30 
Oct 4
Jan 10
Jan 4
Sep 27
22
Blackpool2002-40 
Feb 21
Aug 30
Feb 28
Dec 13
23
Plymouth2002-40 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 3
Aug 16
Feb 7
24
Reading2002-40 
Aug 20
Feb 17
w
 
2-0F
Apr 6
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bolton 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Bolton3 - 0Lincoln
Bolton1 - 2Barnsley
Bolton0 - 2Wigan
Bolton3 - 1Mansfield
Bolton2 - 1Blackpool
Bolton1 - 0Peterborough
Bolton2 - 1Burton
Bolton2 - 2Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBolton2 - 0Plymouth
ABolton0 - 2Stockport
HBolton1 - 1Stevenage
ABolton1 - 1Peterborough
ABolton2 - 4Lincoln
HBolton0 - 2Wycombe
ABolton1 - 4Barnsley
HBolton0 - 1Rotherham
HBolton1 - 0Bristol R
ABolton1 - 0Wigan
ABolton1 - 2Blackpool
HBolton0 - 1Stockport
ABolton2 - 3Bristol R
ABolton2 - 1Burton
HBolton3 - 1Birmingham
ABolton0 - 0Wrexham
HBolton2 - 1L Orient
ABolton3 - 2Shrewsbury
HBolton4 - 3Crawley
ABolton0 - 1Reading
Lincoln 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
AFC Wim2 - 0Lincoln
Stockport3 - 2Lincoln
Reading0 - 1Lincoln
Charlton2 - 2Lincoln
Wycombe1 - 0Lincoln
Birmingham1 - 0Lincoln
Barnsley4 - 3Lincoln
Mansfield0 - 3Lincoln
L Orient3 - 2Lincoln
Wigan1 - 1Lincoln
Northampton0 - 1Lincoln
Bolton3 - 0Lincoln
Shrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
Huddersfield2 - 2Lincoln
Rotherham2 - 1Lincoln
Wrexham1 - 0Lincoln
Exeter0 - 0Lincoln
Bristol R1 - 1Lincoln
Crawley3 - 0Lincoln
Blackpool1 - 1Lincoln
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALincoln0 - 2AFC Wim
HLincoln2 - 0Reading
HLincoln0 - 2Wrexham
ALincoln2 - 3Stockport
HLincoln4 - 2Bolton
ALincoln1 - 0Reading
HLincoln1 - 1Shrewsbury
ALincoln2 - 2Charlton
HLincoln1 - 0Huddersfield
ALincoln0 - 1Wycombe
HLincoln0 - 0Exeter
HLincoln5 - 0Bristol R
ALincoln0 - 1Birmingham
HLincoln4 - 1Crawley
ALincoln3 - 4Barnsley
HLincoln0 - 1Burton
ALincoln3 - 0Mansfield
ALincoln2 - 3L Orient
HLincoln1 - 1Cambridge
ALincoln1 - 1Wigan
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Bolton have beaten Lincoln in 4 consecutive home league meetings
3
Bolton have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Lincoln
League games at Bolton since 2022
Bolton
Lincoln
Goals: Scored
11
1
Games: Scored
4 / 4
1 / 4
Clean sheets
3 / 4
0 / 4
BOL
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Bolton3 - 0
Bolton3 - 0
Bolton2 - 0
Bolton3 - 1
League games at Lincoln since 2020
Lincoln
Bolton
Goals: Scored
10
6
Games: Scored
3 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
2 / 5
BOL
2
D
1
LIN
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
Lincoln4 - 2
0 - 1Bolton
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Bolton
Lincoln5 - 1
Goal Statistics
Bolton 14th Lincoln 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Lincoln will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-2
Bolton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-8
Lincoln’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Bolton
PG (predicted goals)
Lincoln
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
BOL
LIN
10%
better
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Games scored1
1
Failed to score1
1
Scored first1
1
Goals scored2
2
Avg. goals scored1
1
Avg. shots per game11
3
Avg. shots per goal11
3
Conversion rate for9
33
Avg. XG for1.2
0.9
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
BOL
LIN
6%
better
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Games conceded1
1
Clean sheets1
1
Conceded first1
1
Goals conceded2
2
Avg. goals conceded1
1
Avg. shots/game conceded4
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded4
6
Conversion rate against29%
17%
Avg. XG against0.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+6%

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

Bolton League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2111
T Sharman-LoweE ToalJ SheehanX Simons
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Sharman-Lowe GLK2
-
M Conway DEF2
-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF2
-
E Toal DEF21
-
J Osei-Tutu DEF2
-
E Erhahon  MID2
-
X Simons MID2
1
-
J Sheehan MID21
1
-
J Randall MID2
-
M Burstow FWD21
-
A Cozier-Duberry FWD21
-
T Gale FWD2
-
J McAtee FWD2
-
C Forino DEF1
-
G Johnston DEF1
1
-
A Morley MID1
-
C Mendes FWD1
-
Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2111
G WickensR HackettC McGrandlesA Jackson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Wickens GLK2
-
R Towler DEF2
-
T Darikwa DEF2
-
A Jackson DEF2
1
T Hamer DEF2
-
C McGrandles MID21
-
J Moylan MID2
-
T Bayliss MID2
-
E Hamilton MID2
-
R Hackett FWD21
-
F Draper FWD2
-
E Ring FWD2
-
J Collins FWD2
-