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

Northern Commercials Stadium, Bradford

Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers clash at the Northern Commercials Stadium on Thursday night, with both Graham Alexander and Steven Schumacher seeking a win in the League One. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you explore. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all statistics are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall performance can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history later on in the preview.

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Bolton Wanderers's next match is v Stockport at 13:00 on Sunday 24th May

The last English League One meeting between Bradford and Bolton was on Thursday 14th May 2026

English League One

May 14th 2026

Bradford 0	1 Bolton

	81' X. Simons

	BRD BOL
Shots On	2 2
Shots Off	4 5
Corners	8 3
Possession	57% 43%
Fouls	14 14
Yellow/red cards	1/0

Bradford	Bolton

S. Walker I. Touray J. Wright (N. Powell 62') A. Baldwin C. Tilt (T. Wright 46') M. Power (W. Swan 90') J. Neufville A. Sarcevic J. Metcalfe (G. Lapslie 61') B. Pointon (S. Humphrys 61') K. Jackson	J. Bonham C. Forino-Joseph G. Johnston J. Osei-Tutu (M. Conway 43') E. Toal J. Sheehan A. Cozier-Duberry (X. Simons 76') E. Erhahon (S. Dalby 65') R. da Rocha Rodrigues (T. Gale 65') I. Cissoko (J. McAtee 76') M. Burstow

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We're anticipating a game with little to choose between the sides here and, as such, are predicting under 2.5 goals. That means we a suggesting 2 goals or fewer will be scored in total as Bradford and Bolton go head-to-head. Clear game plans will be required to deliver us a winner, but we trust both sides to deliver just that. The statistics and the odds below suggest it's a sound bet too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bradford are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bradford 38%	31/20	125/1
Draw 30%	21/10	14/1
Bolton 32%	9/5	1/50
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	7/1
Bradford 1-0 13%	13/2	18/5
Bolton 1-0 12%	15/2	1/6
Draw 0-0 12%	15/2	7/10
Bradford 2-1 8%	17/2	55/1
Bradford 2-0 7%	12/1	20/1
Bolton 2-1 7%	10/1	45/1
Bolton 2-0 6%	12/1	17/2
Draw 2-2 4%	14/1	150/1
Bradford 3-1 3%	22/1	125/1
Bradford 3-0 3%	28/1	66/1
Bolton 3-1 2%	22/1	90/1
Bolton 3-0 2%	28/1	66/1
Bradford 3-2 1%	28/1	150/1
Bolton 3-2 1%	33/1	250/1
Over 2.5 Goals 36%	11/10	66/1
Under 2.5 Goals 64%	7/10	1/1000
Home 1st Goal 48%	20/21	5/2
Away 1st Goal 45%	21/20	16/5
No 1st Goal 8%	15/2	7/10
BTTS - Yes 43%	4/5	14/1
BTTS - No 57%	19/20	1/66
BTTS - Home Win 14%	9/2	45/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	7/1
BTTS - Away Win 12%	5/1	40/1
Home/draw 68%	2/5	14/1
Away/draw 62%	1/2	1/1000
Home/away 70%	4/11	1/80
Over 1.5 Goals 63%	4/11	8/1
Under 1.5 Goals 37%	2/1	1/20
Over 3.5 Goals 17%	11/4	1/50
Under 3.5 Goals 83%	1/4	1/50
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	7/1	1/50
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	1/12	1/50
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	18/1	1/50
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1/50	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 88%	1/14	21/20
Under 0.5 Goals 12%	15/2	7/10
Home DNB 59%	4/5	3/4
Away DNB 53%	10/11	19/20
Bradford win to nil 25%	10/3	-
Bolton win to nil 21%	7/2	-
Bradford / Bradford 19%	10/3	14/1
Bradford / Bolton 3%	28/1	45/1
Bradford / Draw 6%	14/1	28/1
Draw / Bradford 14%	5/1	11/5
Draw / Bolton 13%	11/2	12/5
Draw / Draw 16%	4/1	29/20
Bolton / Bradford 3%	25/1	45/1
Bolton / Bolton 19%	7/2	16/1
Bolton / Draw 6%	14/1	28/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Bradford have played 46 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 41 games against teams below in the table, having won 19, drawn 10 and lost 12 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 70 goals to 58 goals.

Home League Performance

Bradford have played 23 games at home winning 15, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 10 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Bolton are in 5th position in the League One on 75 points having played 46 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 24 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Bolton have conceded 9 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 3 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	Bradford Bolton
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	-	-	May 24	-
4	Bradford	46	22	11	13	7	77	-	-	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
5	Bolton	46	19	18	9	18	75	l 0-1A	l 1-0A	-	-
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

18 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford	1 - 1	Bolton
Bradford	1 - 1	Plymouth
Bradford	0 - 1	Stevenage
Bradford	1 - 0	Northampton
Bradford	1 - 1	Mansfield
Bradford	2 - 1	L Orient
Bradford	1 - 0	Rotherham
Bradford	1 - 0	Stockport
Bradford	2 - 0	Peterborough
Bradford	1 - 0	Doncaster
Bradford	1 - 2	Cardiff
Bradford	1 - 0	Port Vale
Bradford	2 - 1	Wigan
Bradford	2 - 0	Reading
Bradford	1 - 0	Exeter
Bradford	1 - 2	Burton
Bradford	0 - 0	Lincoln
Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
Bradford	1 - 0	Blackpool
Bradford	3 - 1	Huddersfield

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	0 - 1	Bolton
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bradford	1 - 1	Bolton
Cardiff	2 - 0	Bolton
Plymouth	1 - 2	Bolton
Port Vale	1 - 0	Bolton
Rotherham	2 - 2	Bolton
Exeter	1 - 5	Bolton
Reading	1 - 1	Bolton
Lincoln	1 - 1	Bolton
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Bolton
Stevenage	0 - 0	Bolton
Wigan	0 - 1	Bolton
Peterborough	3 - 1	Bolton
Doncaster	1 - 1	Bolton
Wycombe	2 - 1	Bolton
Mansfield	0 - 1	Bolton
Luton	1 - 1	Bolton
Huddersfield	1 - 2	Bolton
Burton	3 - 0	Bolton
Northampton	2 - 0	Bolton
L Orient	1 - 1	Bolton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bolton	1 - 0	Bradford
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bradford have drawn with Bolton in 4 consecutive home league meetings

Bolton have not lost to Bradford in 11 consecutive league meetings

Bradford

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 6

Clean sheets

0 / 6

BRD

BOL

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

Bolton

Bradford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 7

1 / 7

Clean sheets

6 / 7

3 / 7

BOL

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

Goal Statistics

	Bradford 4th	Bolton 5th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 32% 1 37% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 69% probability that Bradford will score no more than 1 goal	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Bolton will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-16 Bradford have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted	-8 Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

BRD

BOL

better

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Games scored	38		37
Failed to score	9		10
Scored first	24		24
Goals scored	58		71
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		12
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	14		13
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.6
KickOff rating		+1%

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BRD

BOL

view stats

Games conceded	33		35
Clean sheets	14		12
Conceded first	20		19
Goals conceded	52		52
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	14%		16%
Avg. XG against	1		1.1
KickOff rating		+4%

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

Bradford League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
48	11	7	13
S Walker	A Sarcevic	J Neufville	M Power

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Walker GLK	48			1 -
A Baldwin DEF	35	2		6 1
J Wright DEF	30	3		4 -
C Tilt DEF	34		1	11 -
J Neufville MID	45	3	7	6 -
J. Metcalfe MID	43	2		7 -
M Power MID	45		6	13 -
I Touray MID	44		3	8 -
B Pointon FWD	34	10	3	7 -
A Sarcevic FWD	40	11	3	4 -
K Jackson FWD	14	3		2 -
Subs
J Hilton GLK				-
M Pennington DEF	28	2		8 -
N Powell MID	12	1		-
G Lapslie MID	14		2	1 -
S Humphrys FWD	39	7	4	-
T Wright FWD	37	4	3	6 -
W Swan FWD	30	6	2	4 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	29	7	13
A Sarcevic	S Humphrys	J Neufville	M Power

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Sarcevic FWD	11	20	3	7
B Pointon FWD	10	22	3	4
Subs
S Humphrys FWD	7	29	4	6
W Swan FWD	6	10	2	4
T Wright FWD	4	15	3	8
J Wright DEF	3	7		1
J Neufville MID	3	9	7	8
K Jackson FWD	3	7		3
A Baldwin DEF	2	4
J. Metcalfe MID	2	12		3
Subs
M Pennington DEF	2	4
N Powell MID	1	5		3
S Walker GLK		1
C Tilt DEF		4	1	1
M Power MID		10	6	13
I Touray MID		5	3	8
Subs
G Lapslie MID		3	2	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2144	109	305
M Power	I Touray	I Touray

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Power MID	2144	79	174
I Touray MID	1721	109	305
A Baldwin DEF	1259	51	198
S Walker GLK	1194		17
J. Metcalfe MID	1131	87	230
C Tilt DEF	1085	60	249
J Neufville MID	1058	102	224
Subs
M Pennington DEF	983	39	159
A Sarcevic FWD	926	47	174
Subs
T Wright FWD	839	48	138
B Pointon FWD	667	38	113
J Wright DEF	630	30	194
Subs
S Humphrys FWD	505	15	194
W Swan FWD	238	6	44
G Lapslie MID	214	19	62
K Jackson FWD	148	11	53
Subs
N Powell MID	97	5	38

Bolton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
45	12	11	10
G Johnston	M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	J Sheehan

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bonham GLK	23			-
J Osei-Tutu DEF	38	2	2	6 1
E Toal DEF	39	3	2	1 -
C Forino DEF	30	1		7 -
G Johnston DEF	45	1		8 -
J Sheehan MID	40	3	4	10 -
E Erhahon MID	32		3	4 -
A Cozier-Duberry MID	36	9	11	1 -
R Rodrigues MID	14	2	2	1 -
I Cissoko MID	29	3	1	5 -
M Burstow FWD	47	12	5	3 -
Subs
D Harrington GLK				-
M Conway DEF	43		2	3 -
C Christie DEF	23		1	2 -
X Simons MID				-
S Dalby FWD	43	10	5	2 -
T Gale FWD	37	5	4	3 -
J McAtee FWD	25	2	1	2 1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	33	11	11
M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Burstow FWD	12	29	5	5
Subs
S Dalby FWD	10	21	5	9
A Cozier-Duberry MID	9	33	11	11
Subs
T Gale FWD	5	21	4	7
E Toal DEF	3	7	2	1
J Sheehan MID	3	13	4	5
I Cissoko MID	3	9	1	1
J Osei-Tutu DEF	2	9	2	2
R Rodrigues MID	2	4	2	4
Subs
J McAtee FWD	2	10	1	2
C Forino DEF	1	7		2
G Johnston DEF	1	5		3
E Erhahon MID			3	3
Subs
M Conway DEF		7	2	8
C Christie DEF		5	1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2934	90	278
G Johnston	J Osei-Tutu	G Johnston

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
G Johnston DEF	2934	47	278
E Toal DEF	2334	43	218
J Sheehan MID	1884	46	127
Subs
M Conway DEF	1686	76	267
C Forino DEF	1509	46	250
A Cozier-Duberry MID	1046	44	144
J Osei-Tutu DEF	1009	90	247
E Erhahon MID	1007	60	131
J Bonham GLK	917	1	13
Subs
C Christie DEF	688	19	84
M Burstow FWD	644	28	136
Subs
S Dalby FWD	561	28	207
T Gale FWD	462	13	68
I Cissoko MID	355	13	94
R Rodrigues MID	293	16	52
Subs
J McAtee FWD	228	17	45

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

Bradford have played 46 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Bolton are in 5th position in the League One on 75 points having played 46 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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