League One preview and statistics: Bolton Wanderers - Port Vale at University of Bolton Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium (28723 seats)

It's looking good for Bolton Wanderers so far, with the 4th place in the League One table and hosting Port Vale (who are sitting at 12th).

Insights:
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in League One
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Bolton Wanderers nor Port Vale as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

Bolton Wanderers are steadily winning League One games and points here at University of Bolton Stadium. 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. Ever since the Plymouth Argyle game Wanderers has been unbeatable here at University of Bolton Stadium producing four straight wins.

Bolton Wanderers are returning here after guesting Accrington Stanley in a EFL Trophy game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wycombe Wanderers (0-1).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bolton Wanderers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 4 matches, drawn 3 and lost 0.

It should be added that a look at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bolton Wanderers as they are travelling to their away game against Portsmouth in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at University of Bolton Stadium with 26 goals in 17 league matches. Defensively Bolton Wanderers have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (8 in 17 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Port Vale form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the League One. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Port Vale are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Port, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Morecambe (placed 20th). Forrester was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.6. The defender Forrester hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Exeter City.

In the opposite end, Port Vale have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Port Vale - Wanderers 0-0 was the output when these squads formerly played each other, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Bolton Wanderers four wins, one draw and Port Vale one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bolton WanderersD. Charles
D. Charles
14 goals
Port ValeE. Harrison
E. Harrison
8 goals
Bolton WanderersK. Dempsey
K. Dempsey
4 goals

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Port Vale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bolton Wanderers Port Vale
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 6 16 33
17 11 5 Won W 2 5 11
8 4 1 Drew D 2 3 7
8 2 0 Lost L 2 8 15
48 26 12 Scored S 9 16 33
24 8 2 Conceded C 9 25 47
85% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
64% 59% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 67%
39% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 48%
18% 18% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 27%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 6%
33% 24% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 42%
52% 71% 67% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 27%
30% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 44% 36%
 
5.6 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.1 5.4
4.4 3.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4.7
1.7 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 12.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 12.2 12.5
3.3 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 1.7 2.1
44% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 59% 47%
 
10.2 9.4 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.2 10.7
2.9 2.1 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have the most clean sheets (12) at home in League One
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 31 20 8 3 58 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 14 8 4 2 18 9 36 68
2 Plymouth Argyle 32 20 8 4 57 32 16 14 1 1 32 12 16 6 7 3 25 20 25 68
3 Ipswich Town 32 16 12 4 60 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 16 7 6 3 27 19 29 60
4 Bolton Wanderers 33 17 8 8 48 24 17 11 4 2 26 8 16 6 4 6 22 16 24 59
5 Derby County 31 16 9 6 50 25 16 11 3 2 33 12 15 5 6 4 17 13 25 57
6 Barnsley 30 17 5 8 45 27 14 9 1 4 22 14 16 8 4 4 23 13 18 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 31 16 5 10 44 29 16 9 3 4 25 15 15 7 2 6 19 14 15 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 6 12 39 34 16 8 2 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 5 48
9 Peterborough United 30 15 2 13 48 38 14 9 1 4 26 15 16 6 1 9 22 23 10 47
10 Portsmouth 30 10 12 8 37 36 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 1 42
11 Charlton Athletic 31 10 10 11 45 43 16 6 5 5 28 21 15 4 5 6 17 22 2 40
12 Port Vale 33 11 7 15 33 47 17 6 4 7 17 22 16 5 3 8 16 25 -14 40
13 Fleetwood Town 32 9 12 11 35 34 16 4 5 7 15 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 1 39
14 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 42 43 15 5 5 5 20 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 30 8 15 7 29 31 15 3 12 0 14 10 15 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39
16 Bristol Rovers 32 10 8 14 44 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 16 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38
17 Oxford United 33 9 9 15 36 41 16 5 3 8 20 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 40 58 15 5 4 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34
19 Cheltenham Town 31 9 6 16 25 40 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33
20 Morecambe 32 7 10 15 33 52 17 6 6 5 23 21 15 1 4 10 10 31 -19 31
21 Accrington Stanley 30 7 9 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30
22 Milton Keynes Dons 32 8 5 19 30 51 16 2 4 10 11 24 16 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29
23 Cambridge United 32 8 5 19 26 52 16 6 3 7 15 19 16 2 2 12 11 33 -26 29
24 Forest Green Rovers 33 5 7 21 25 63 16 4 0 12 11 28 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22

Bolton Wanderers:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 31 20 8 3 58 22 17 12 4 1 40 13 14 8 4 2 18 9 36 68
2 Plymouth Argyle 32 20 8 4 57 32 16 14 1 1 32 12 16 6 7 3 25 20 25 68
3 Ipswich Town 32 16 12 4 60 31 16 9 6 1 33 12 16 7 6 3 27 19 29 60
4 Bolton Wanderers 33 17 8 8 48 24 17 11 4 2 26 8 16 6 4 6 22 16 24 59
5 Derby County 31 16 9 6 50 25 16 11 3 2 33 12 15 5 6 4 17 13 25 57
6 Barnsley 30 17 5 8 45 27 14 9 1 4 22 14 16 8 4 4 23 13 18 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 31 16 5 10 44 29 16 9 3 4 25 15 15 7 2 6 19 14 15 53
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 6 12 39 34 16 8 2 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 16 13 5 48
9 Peterborough United 30 15 2 13 48 38 14 9 1 4 26 15 16 6 1 9 22 23 10 47
10 Portsmouth 30 10 12 8 37 36 15 5 8 2 21 16 15 5 4 6 16 20 1 42
11 Charlton Athletic 31 10 10 11 45 43 16 6 5 5 28 21 15 4 5 6 17 22 2 40
12 Port Vale 33 11 7 15 33 47 17 6 4 7 17 22 16 5 3 8 16 25 -14 40
13 Fleetwood Town 32 9 12 11 35 34 16 4 5 7 15 17 16 5 7 4 20 17 1 39
14 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 42 43 15 5 5 5 20 19 17 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 30 8 15 7 29 31 15 3 12 0 14 10 15 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39
16 Bristol Rovers 32 10 8 14 44 55 16 5 5 6 22 26 16 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38
17 Oxford United 33 9 9 15 36 41 16 5 3 8 20 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36
18 Burton Albion 31 9 7 15 40 58 15 5 4 6 17 23 16 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34
19 Cheltenham Town 31 9 6 16 25 40 15 5 3 7 13 20 16 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33
20 Morecambe 32 7 10 15 33 52 17 6 6 5 23 21 15 1 4 10 10 31 -19 31
21 Accrington Stanley 30 7 9 14 26 47 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30
22 Milton Keynes Dons 32 8 5 19 30 51 16 2 4 10 11 24 16 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29
23 Cambridge United 32 8 5 19 26 52 16 6 3 7 15 19 16 2 2 12 11 33 -26 29
24 Forest Green Rovers 33 5 7 21 25 63 16 4 0 12 11 28 17 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22

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