Bolton Wanderers vs Middlesbrough: Soccer betting preview

Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Macron Stadium (28723 seats)

Struggling Bolton Wanderers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Middlesbrough in the upcoming league round. It’s 23rd vs 8th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Bolton Wanderers, who have the fewest scored goals (29) in Championship, have only managed 4 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses so far from their games here at Macron Stadium. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Bolton Wanderers, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Bolton Wanderers fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Macron Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Ipswich Town. A strong away win before that one, visiting Queens Park Rangers and winning 2-1.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bolton Wanderers here at Macron Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 20 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

8-7-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Middlesbrough, who have the fewest conceded goals (36) in Championship, in their matches away. With the Middlesbrough losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Middlesbrough are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Middlesbrough play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Swansea City. A loss against Bristol City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hull City in just three days.

Middlesbrough are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 20 games. 20 goals have been conceded by Middlesbrough in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Middlesbrough - Bolton Wanderers 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Bolton Wanderers victory, 1 draw and 8 Middlesbrough wins.

Top Goalscorers

B. Assombalonga
10 goals
J. Hugill
6 goals / 2 assists
W. Buckley
5 goals / 1 assists

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

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Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 20 40
29 13 Scored 22 41
66 30 Conceded 20 36
95% 95% Over 0.5 85% 88%
70% 65% Over 1.5 65% 65%
42% 45% Over 2.5 40% 30%
15% 10% Over 3.5 15% 8%
8% 0% Over 4.5 5% 2%
42% 40% Both teams to score 50% 40%
15% 15% Clean Sheet 35% 40%
48% 50% Failed To Score 30% 32%
Key stats this season:
  • Middlesbrough is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Bolton Wanderers is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 40 25 9 6 82 48 20 14 2 4 45 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 84
2 Sheffield United 40 23 8 9 67 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 20 10 5 5 30 21 30 77
3 Leeds United 40 23 7 10 66 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 20 10 4 6 31 24 24 76
4 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 10 10 75 52 20 9 7 4 44 27 20 11 3 6 31 25 23 70
5 Aston Villa 40 16 15 9 73 56 20 9 8 3 46 33 20 7 7 6 27 23 17 63
6 Bristol City 39 17 11 11 51 42 20 7 7 6 24 21 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 62
7 Derby County 39 16 12 11 55 48 20 10 7 3 31 19 19 6 5 8 24 29 7 60
8 Middlesbrough 40 15 13 12 41 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 20 8 7 5 22 20 5 58
9 Nottingham Forest 40 14 15 11 55 47 20 11 4 5 29 19 20 3 11 6 26 28 8 57
10 Preston North End 40 15 12 13 59 53 20 7 9 4 34 25 20 8 3 9 25 28 6 57
11 Hull City 40 16 9 15 59 57 20 10 5 5 34 19 20 6 4 10 25 38 2 57
12 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 14 12 49 54 20 8 8 4 28 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -5 56
13 Swansea City 39 15 8 16 52 49 19 10 4 5 32 21 20 5 4 11 20 28 3 53
14 Brentford 40 13 12 15 63 56 20 11 4 5 43 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 51
15 Stoke City 40 11 18 11 38 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 20 3 12 5 18 24 -4 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 40 12 11 17 53 63 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -10 47
17 Birmingham City 40 13 14 13 56 52 20 7 8 5 27 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 44
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 12 8 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 20 4 5 11 18 37 -19 44
19 Wigan Athletic 40 10 11 19 43 59 20 9 7 4 25 19 20 1 4 15 18 40 -16 41
20 Millwall 39 10 10 19 45 58 19 7 6 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 40
21 Reading 40 9 13 18 43 60 20 7 4 9 27 30 20 2 9 9 16 30 -17 40
22 Rotherham United 40 8 15 17 43 68 20 7 8 5 29 31 20 1 7 12 14 37 -25 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 40 8 8 24 29 66 20 4 4 12 13 30 20 4 4 12 16 36 -37 32
24 Ipswich Town 40 4 15 21 32 65 20 2 10 8 18 27 20 2 5 13 14 38 -33 27

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