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Barnsley vs Bolton Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions
The tension continues to build for the huge League One Play-offs semi-final showdown between Barnsley and Bolton Wanderers on Friday. As they’ve both progressed this far, and with the prize for the team that gets through the tie being a coveted place in the final of the competition, this looks set to be an exciting game of football.
View all of the Barnsley v Bolton Wanderers predictions, poll and stats below (plus the best game odds).
📊 Form Guide
Barnsley
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Barnsley prepare for this game after a 1-1 League One Play-offs drawn game versus Bolton Wanderers.
The only scorer from Barnsley was Nicky Cadden (63'). Dion Charles (67') scored for Bolton Wanderers.
Michael Duff's Barnsley have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 7 times over their last six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 10.
Bolton Wanderers
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In 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Bolton Wanderers, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game within that period works out to just 2.17, with the average goals for The Trotters being 1.33.
↔️ Head to head
A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 02/12/2017 shows us that Barnsley have won 0 of them & Bolton Wanderers 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 4.
In all, 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for The Tykes and 9 created by The Trotters. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.
ℹ️ Team News: Barnsley
The Barnsley boss Michael Duff will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash with a completely healthy squad available for selection.
🗞️ Team News: Bolton Wanderers
Owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection, the Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.
⚡ Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Bolton Wanderers will really need to work well to breach the defence of this Barnsley lineup who we think will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
Our tip is therefore for a very even contest with a 1-0 winning margin for Barnsley after 90 minutes.
Should be interesting.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 23:42 14/05/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Barnsley
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Oakwell Stadium (23,287)
Captain: Mads Andersen
Chairman: Neerav Parekh
Manager: Michael Duff
Competitions: League One position 4, League One Play-offs (Semi Finals)
⭐ Star Player: Devante Cole

Mostly playing in the Striker position, Devante Cole was born in Alderley Edge, England. After having played his first senior match for Barnsley in the 2014 - 2015 season, the gifted Forward has scored a sum of 15 league goals in the League One 2022 - 2023 season to date coming from a total of 45 appearances.
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46 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 101 | WWWWW |
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46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 66 | 98 | WWWWD |
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46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 96 | LWWWW |
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46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 86 | DWLDL |
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46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 81 | DWLWW |
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46 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 77 | LWLDW |
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46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 76 | DWWDL |
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46 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 70 | DDWDD |
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46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 69 | LWLLD |
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46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 62 | LWLWD |
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46 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 62 | DWLLW |
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46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | -9 | 59 | LLLWL |
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46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 58 | WDWLD |
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46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 56 | LLLLW |
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46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | -22 | 56 | LWLWD |
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46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | -16 | 54 | DWLWD |
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46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | -15 | 53 | LLDLL |
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46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | -23 | 49 | LLWLL |
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46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 47 | DLWWL |
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46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | -27 | 46 | LLWLW |
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46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | -22 | 45 | DLLDD |
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46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -31 | 44 | DWWWL |
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46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -37 | 44 | LLWLW |
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46 | 6 | 9 | 31 | -58 | 27 | LDLLL |
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Devante Cole | 15 |
James Norwood | 11 |
Adam Phillips | 9 |
Nicky Cadden | 5 |
Jordan Williams | 5 |
Dion Charles | 16 |
Conor Bradley | 5 |
Kyle Dempsey | 5 |
Aaron Morley | 4 |
Victor Adeboyejo | 3 |
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