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The League One tie at Toughsheet Community Stadium on Saturday will see hosts Bolton Wanderers playing against Portsmouth.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Bolton Wanderers v Portsmouth are shown below (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide
Bolton Wanderers
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Bolton Wanderers will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-2 League One success over Bristol Rovers.
For Bolton Wanderers, the scorers were Aaron Collins (52') and Aaron Morley (98').
In their past 6 fixtures, Ian Evatt's Bolton Wanderers have scored a combined total of 14 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 2.33.
Their past results show that Bolton Wanderers:
- are winless against Portsmouth in their last 2 matches in the league.
- are undefeated in their previous 9 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth will come into the match following a 3-1 League One win to defeat Shrewsbury Town in their most recent fixture.
The only name on the scoresheet from Portsmouth was Colby Bishop (42', 77'). Chey Dunkley (3' Own goal) and Jordan Shipley (29') scored for Shrewsbury Town.
John Mousinho's Portsmouth have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 11 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that period equals 5.
Leading up to this clash, Portsmouth:
- are winless against Bolton Wanderers when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their previous 8 away league matches. What an impressive run of results.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their past head to head clashes dating back to 30/10/2021 shows that Bolton Wanderers have won 2 of these games & Portsmouth 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.
A combined sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 of them for The Trotters and 7 for Pompey. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
The previous league match featuring these sides was League One match day 21 on 11/12/2023 when it ended Portsmouth 2-0 Bolton Wanderers.
The match was refereed by Paul Howard.
📋 Team News: Bolton Wanderers
Dion Charles (Knee injury) and George Johnston (Knee surgery) are unavailable for Bolton Wanderers gaffer Ian Evatt.
🗞️ Team News: Portsmouth
Portsmouth manager John Mousinho has some current player fitness concerns. Lee Evans (Knee problems), Josh Dockerill (Cruciate ligament tear), Regan Poole (Cruciate ligament tear) and Alex Robertson (Torn thigh muscle) are those who can’t be considered.
✨ Prediction
Our assessment is that Portsmouth have the firepower to find the back of the net against this Bolton Wanderers side, but it probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Bolton Wanderers at the end of the match. Should be an interesting one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 13:01 13/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Bolton Wanderers
Formed: 1874
Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium (28,723)
Captain: Ricardo Santos
Chairman: Sharon Brittan
Manager: Ian Evatt
Competitions: League One position 3
🔑 Star Man: Paris Maghoma
Customarily used in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Paris Maghoma was born in Enfield, England. Having made his senior debut playing for AFC Wimbledon in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Midfielder has contributed 7 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 34 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 90 | WWWDW |
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43 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 83 | WLWDD |
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42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 81 | WLDWW |
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41 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 77 | WLLWW |
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42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 74 | DLWLL |
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42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 70 | LWDWW |
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42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 68 | WWWWD |
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43 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 67 | LLDWW |
9 |
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43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 67 | DDDLW |
10 |
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43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 62 | WLLWD |
11 |
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43 | 17 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 59 | LWLWW |
12 |
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43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 55 | WDWWD |
13 |
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43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 53 | WDLDD |
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41 | 13 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 52 | WWLDD |
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43 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 51 | DDDWD |
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42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 51 | LLDLL |
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43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 49 | WWLDW |
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42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | -28 | 46 | LWDDL |
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41 | 12 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 45 | LLWWL |
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42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -26 | 40 | LLDLL |
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42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -28 | 40 | WWLDL |
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41 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -23 | 38 | DWLLL |
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42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -26 | 34 | DDLLL |
24 |
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43 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -35 | 30 | DWLLW |
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Goals scored | 2.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 31 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 7-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 0.6 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Dion Charles | 13 |
Victor Adeboyejo | 10 |
Aaron Collins | 8 |
Paris Maghoma | 8 |
George Thomason | 6 |
Colby Bishop | 21 |
Paddy Lane | 11 |
Kusini Yengi | 9 |
Abu Kamara | 8 |
Callum Lang | 4 |
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