📊 Form Guide

Bolton Wanderers

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Bolton Wanderers head into this match following a 2-2 League One drawn match against Shrewsbury Town.

For Bolton Wanderers, the goals were scored by Cameron Jerome (40') and Paris Maghoma (71'). Daniel Udoh (21') and Jordan Shipley (43') scored for Shrewsbury Town.

Their latest results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Bolton Wanderers rearguard. Bolton Wanderers have been miserly, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last 6 matches standing at 4. While that may be of interest, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend will be replicated in this upcoming game.

Their past results show that Bolton Wanderers:

• are unbeaten in the league by Port Vale in their previous 4 games.
• are undefeated in their last 11 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Port Vale

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Wycombe Wanderers in League One competition, Port Vale and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

The only player to score from Port Vale was Ethan Chislett (47'). David Wheeler (4') and Nigel Lonwijk (86') scored for Wycombe Wanderers.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Port Vale has become noticeable in recent matches. Checking on their last 6 outings shows that it’s happened 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 9 and Port Vale have scored 5.

Coming into this clash, Port Vale have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs stretching back to 13/03/2021 reveals that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Port Vale. They have not been able to get any wins at all while Bolton Wanderers have simply been better than them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those match-ups.

12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from The Trotters and 3 coming from The Valiants. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

📋 Team News: Bolton Wanderers

Dion Charles (Knee injury) and George Johnston (Knee surgery) are not available for Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt.

In all likelihood, The Trotters may well use a 3-4-2-1 formation featuring Thomas Kaminski, Reece Burke, Teden Mengi, Daiki Hashioka, Issa Kabore, Alfie Doughty, Jordan Clark, Ross Barkley, Andros Townsend, Tahith Chong and Carlton Morris.

📰 Team News: Port Vale

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Port Vale boss Darren Moore has no fitness worries at all coming into this clash.

It’s our belief that The Valiants could decide to make use of a 3-5-2 lineup using Mark Flekken, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Mathias Joergensen, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Noergaard, Mathias Jensen, Sergio Reguilon, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Bolton Wanderers will more than likely get the win and a possible clean sheet when they face Port Vale, who might well find it a difficult task to score.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a 2-0 winning score for Bolton Wanderers at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 13:07 20/04/2024