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

St James Park, Exeter

Gary Caldwell welcomes Steven Schumacher to the St James Park on Saturday afternoon, as their Exeter City and Bolton Wanderers troops do battle in the League One. We have custom-designed stats for the biggest betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Exeter City's next match is v Cardiff at 15:00 on Saturday 14th March
Bolton Wanderers's next match is v Rotherham at 12:30 on Saturday 14th March

The last English League One meeting between Exeter and Bolton was on Saturday 28th February 2026

English League One

February 28th 2026

Exeter 1	5 Bolton

J. Wareham 67'	21' S. Dalby
	60' J. Kenny
	72' T. Gale
	77' I. Cissoko
	90' G. Johnston

	EXE BOL
Shots On	4 10
Shots Off	3 6
Corners	4 3
Possession	44% 56%
Fouls	15 7
Yellow/red cards	2/0 1/0

Exeter	Bolton

J. Whitworth J. McMillan (L. Oakes 75') R. Rydel (A. Higgins 75') J. Fitzwater (T. Dean 81') L. Woodhouse P. Sweeney (C. Cummins 46') E. Brierley J. Aitchison I. Niskanen J. Wareham J. Magennis (T. Tuterov 75')	J. Bonham C. Forino-Joseph G. Johnston J. Osei-Tutu (X. Simons 80') J. Sheehan (K. Dempsey 80') J. Kenny S. Dalby (I. Cissoko 75') T. Gale E. Toal (M. Burstow 80') R. Apter E. Erhahon

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

A real chess match could be in store as Exeter and Bolton go head-to-head, with hardly anything between the players in defence, making it difficult to predict who will win. The stats don't supply any proper confidence in that regard, but they are pointing strongly towards there being 2 goals or fewer in the match. That prediction is available at best priced odds of 1.75 with the bookmakers, so we make under 2.5 goals our tip of the day on this occasion.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Exeter are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.40.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Exeter 38%	9/4	1/50
Draw 29%	5/2	1/50
Bolton 33%	11/10	1/33
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	18/5
Exeter 1-0 13%	10/1	13/2
Bolton 1-0 12%	7/1	7/4
Draw 0-0 11%	10/1	11/2
Exeter 2-1 8%	11/1	14/1
Exeter 2-0 7%	16/1	12/1
Bolton 2-1 7%	8/1	23/20
Bolton 2-0 6%	10/1	6/4
Draw 2-2 4%	12/1	18/5
Exeter 3-1 3%	25/1	45/1
Exeter 3-0 3%	33/1	25/1
Bolton 3-1 2%	16/1	10/11
Bolton 3-0 2%	18/1	17/5
Exeter 3-2 2%	33/1	16/1
Bolton 3-2 1%	25/1	4/1
Over 2.5 Goals 37%	17/20	10/21
Under 2.5 Goals 63%	19/20	6/4
Home 1st Goal 48%	6/5	7/5
Away 1st Goal 45%	8/11	5/6
No 1st Goal 8%	10/1	11/2
BTTS - Yes 44%	7/10	11/8
BTTS - No 56%	21/20	8/15
BTTS - Home Win 14%	5/1	1/50
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	90/1
BTTS - Away Win 12%	10/3	1/200
Home/draw 67%	7/10	1/50
Away/draw 62%	1/3	1/50
Home/away 71%	2/7	1/50
Over 1.5 Goals 64%	1/4	2/5
Under 1.5 Goals 36%	11/4	7/4
Over 3.5 Goals 18%	9/4	8/13
Under 3.5 Goals 82%	1/3	23/20
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	5/1	5/6
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	1/8	10/11
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	12/1	14/5
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1/25	2/9
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	1/20	1/11
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	10/1	6/1
Home DNB 58%	11/8	11/8
Away DNB 53%	8/15	8/15
Exeter win to nil 24%	5/1	-
Bolton win to nil 21%	11/4	-
Exeter / Exeter 15%	9/2	80/1
Exeter / Bolton 4%	22/1	125/1
Exeter / Draw 6%	14/1	100/1
Draw / Exeter 11%	13/2	28/1
Draw / Bolton 15%	9/2	25/1
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	22/1
Bolton / Exeter 3%	28/1	9/1
Bolton / Bolton 24%	12/5	7/20
Bolton / Draw 6%	12/1	7/2

Win / draw / win League One table

Exeter have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 9. Exeter have conceded 17 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 9 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Exeter have played 15 games at home, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Bolton lay in 3rd place on 58 points in the League One league table having played 34 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 31 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 11 and losing 6 games. They have scored 42 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bolton have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Bolton have played 17 away games, winning 4, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 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	Exeter Bolton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	36	23	8	5	35	77	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
2	Cardiff	36	22	7	7	30	73	Mar 14	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	Apr 11
3	Bolton	36	17	13	6	17	64	l 1-5A	l 2-1F	-	-
4	Bradford	36	19	7	10	8	64	May 2	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	Apr 25
5	Stockport	34	16	8	10	4	56	Apr 18	l 1-0A	Apr 6	l 2-0A
6	Huddersfield	36	16	7	13	10	55	l 0-1A	d 2-2A	Apr 18	w 1-2A
7	Reading	36	14	12	10	6	54	d 1-1A	d 2-2F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
8	Stevenage	35	15	9	11	2	54	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	Mar 28	d 0-00-0
9	Wycombe	36	14	11	11	13	53	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 3-2A	l 2-1F
10	Plymouth	36	16	4	16	3	52	w 2-0F	Apr 11	w 2-0F	Apr 3
11	AFC Wim	35	14	7	14	-3	49	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	w 3-0F	w 0-1F
12	Luton	36	13	9	14	1	48	w 1-0F	Mar 17	May 2	d 1-1F
13	Barnsley	34	13	9	12	0	48	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	w 3-2F	d 1-1A
14	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	w 3-0F	d 3-3A	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
15	Mansfield	34	11	11	12	3	44	l 1-2A	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
16	Exeter	36	11	9	16	-3	42	-	-	w 2-1A	w 1-5F
17	Burton	36	10	10	16	-12	40	d 1-1A	Apr 25	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
18	Doncaster	35	11	7	17	-20	40	Apr 6	l 1-0A	Mar 17	d 1-1A
19	L Orient	35	11	6	18	-12	39	Mar 28	l 2-1F	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
20	Wigan	35	9	11	15	-14	38	d 1-1A	Mar 21	w 4-1F	w 0-1F
21	Blackpool	36	10	8	18	-17	38	w 4-1F	Apr 3	d 2-2F	d 1-1A
22	Rotherham	35	9	8	18	-15	35	l 0-4A	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	Mar 14
23	Northampton	36	9	8	19	-17	35	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A
24	Port Vale	33	6	9	18	-20	27	l 0-2A	w 1-3F	w 4-0F	Mar 21

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter	1 - 1	Wycombe
Exeter	0 - 0	Northampton
Exeter	0 - 4	Rotherham
Exeter	3 - 0	Stevenage
Exeter	1 - 0	Luton
Exeter	3 - 0	Barnsley
Exeter	1 - 0	AFC Wim
Exeter	1 - 1	Wigan
Exeter	2 - 0	Plymouth
Exeter	1 - 1	Reading
Exeter	0 - 1	Huddersfield
Exeter	0 - 2	Port Vale
Exeter	3 - 0	Peterborough
Exeter	1 - 2	Mansfield
Exeter	4 - 1	Blackpool
Exeter	3 - 1	Huddersfield
Exeter	0 - 0	Burton
Exeter	1 - 1	Wigan
Exeter	0 - 2	Stockport
Exeter	0 - 2	Wrexham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Blackpool	1 - 1	Bolton
Barnsley	1 - 1	Bolton
Stockport	2 - 0	Bolton
Peterborough	1 - 1	Bolton
Lincoln	4 - 2	Bolton
Barnsley	4 - 1	Bolton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Exeter

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

1 / 4

BOL

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

Bolton

Exeter

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

1 / 5

EXE

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Bolton	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Exeter
Bolton	7 - 0
Bolton	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Exeter

Goal Statistics

	Exeter 16th	Bolton 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Exeter will score no more than 1 goal	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Bolton will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-10 Exeter’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-27 Bolton have scored 27% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

EXE

BOL

12%

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Games scored	21		27
Failed to score	11		7
Scored first	14		17
Goals scored	37		45
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		12
Avg. shots per goal	7		9
Conversion rate for	15		12
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.7
KickOff rating		+12%

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EXE

BOL

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Games conceded	21		24
Clean sheets	11		10
Conceded first	16		14
Goals conceded	34		33
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.3		0.9
KickOff rating		+1%

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

Exeter League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	16	10	7
J Whitworth	J Wareham	I Niskanen	P Sweeney

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Whitworth GLK	36			4 -
P Sweeney DEF	30	2		7 -
J Fitzwater DEF	29	1	1	6 -
L Woodhouse DEF	23	1	1	1 -
I Niskanen MID	36	1	10	4 -
E Brierley MID	36	1	3	4 -
J McMillan MID	31	1		3 -
R Rydel MID	9		1	1 -
J Aitchison FWD	34	1	4	4 -
J Wareham FWD	36	16	2	7 -
J Magennis FWD	28	5	1	5 -
Subs
J Bycroft GLK				1 -
L. Oakes DEF	16			2 -
C. Cummins DEF	5			-
T. Dean MID	6			1 -
A. Higgins FWD	22	1	1	-
S Cox FWD	22	1		4 -
T. Tuterov FWD	10	2		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	33	10	11
J Wareham	J Wareham	I Niskanen	I Niskanen

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Wareham FWD	16	33	2	3
J Magennis FWD	5	10	1	1
P Sweeney DEF	2	7		1
Subs
T. Tuterov FWD	2	3		2
J Fitzwater DEF	1	2	1	1
L Woodhouse DEF	1	4	1	2
I Niskanen MID	1	6	10	11
E Brierley MID	1	6	3	6
J McMillan MID	1	6		3
J Aitchison FWD	1	7	4	5
Subs
A. Higgins FWD	1	7	1	3
S Cox FWD	1	6		1
R Rydel MID		2	1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1699	75	191
E Brierley	I Niskanen	J Wareham

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
E Brierley MID	1699	43	81
J Whitworth GLK	1647	2	17
P Sweeney DEF	1500	29	109
J Fitzwater DEF	1494	33	142
L Woodhouse DEF	981	33	129
J McMillan MID	970	59	80
I Niskanen MID	891	75	147
J Aitchison FWD	664	32	116
J Wareham FWD	499	33	191
J Magennis FWD	262	2	94
Subs
L. Oakes DEF	209	20	38
A. Higgins FWD	196	19	58
S Cox FWD	110	9	34
R Rydel MID	109	10	17
Subs
T. Tuterov FWD	76	6	27
C. Cummins DEF	71	4	16
T. Dean MID	23	3	7

Bolton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	11	4	8
G Johnston	M Burstow	J Sheehan	J Sheehan

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Bonham GLK	11			-
J Osei-Tutu DEF	27	1	1	5 -
E Toal DEF	28	2	2	-
C Forino DEF	20			5 -
G Johnston DEF	35	1		7 -
J Sheehan MID	28	3	4	8 -
E Erhahon MID	28		3	2 -
R Apter MID	7		1	-
J Kenny MID	5	1	1	2 -
T Gale MID	27	5	2	2 -
S Dalby FWD	33	9	3	2 -
Subs
D Harrington GLK				-
M Conway DEF	32		2	2 -
C Christie DEF	15		1	2 -
K Dempsey MID	21	3	2	3 -
X Simons MID	31	1		3 1
I Cissoko FWD	21	1		3 -
M Burstow FWD	35	11	3	3 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	23	4	7
M Burstow	M Burstow	J Sheehan	S Dalby

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Burstow FWD	11	23	3	3
S Dalby FWD	9	19	3	7
T Gale MID	5	19	2	6
J Sheehan MID	3	11	4	4
Subs
K Dempsey MID	3	7	2	3
E Toal DEF	2	5	2	1
J Osei-Tutu DEF	1	6	1	1
G Johnston DEF	1	5		2
J Kenny MID	1	4	1	1
Subs
X Simons MID	1	6		1
I Cissoko FWD	1	4		1
C Forino DEF		6		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
2367	63	222
G Johnston	M Conway	G Johnston

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
G Johnston DEF	2367	40	222
E Toal DEF	1746	32	160
Subs
M Conway DEF	1370	63	218
J Sheehan MID	1282	27	81
Subs
X Simons MID	1063	38	87
C Forino DEF	1011	30	163
E Erhahon MID	913	53	111
J Osei-Tutu DEF	658	62	181
Subs
C Christie DEF	564	15	67
J Bonham GLK	436	1	7
Subs
M Burstow FWD	427	17	93
S Dalby FWD	401	20	160
Subs
K Dempsey MID	349	20	55
T Gale MID	331	12	59
Subs
I Cissoko FWD	233	10	63
R Apter MID	133	6	18
J Kenny MID	39	1	13