A lot of action is expected at University of Bolton Stadium when Bolton Wanderers challenge Derby County in what could be a great fixture. Read more!
- Bolton Wanderers have the most clean sheets (6) at home in League One
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
Bolton Wanderers are steadily winning League One games and points here at University of Bolton Stadium. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games.
The Bolton Wanderers fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Exeter City and win 2-0. Trafford, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.43 out of 10 in that game. Trafford topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, as expected. The team were solid favourites against Manchester United U21 and won 4-0. This is expected to be a close game, with Bolton Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bolton Wanderers as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Wanderers has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Bolton Wanderers are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Lincoln City awaits in three days.
The Bolton Wanderers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Bolton Wanderers have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Derby County form and stats
Playing away, Derby County have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season. Two points from the last two away games for County, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Impressive finishing from McGoldrick and Mendez-Laing secured the home win 4-0 against Forest Green Rovers in their previous game. Those three points felt good as this club had gone three league games without winning. As mentioned above, Derby County was the only team on the pitch versus Forest Green Rovers in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. McGoldrick certainly enjoyed Derby County's last game versus Forest Green Rovers, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory. Attacker McGoldrick got a player rating of 9.24 in the game. "Man of the match" McGoldrick scored three goals, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Before that, Derby County travelled to Burton Albion and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Derby County playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 County win, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Derby County, the League One home match versus Cambridge United. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting County as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Derby County are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Wanderers victory, three draws and six Derby County wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Charles 7 goals |   D. McGoldrick 7 goals |  J. Collins 7 goals |
Bolton Wanderers missing players
Derby County missing players
| Bolton Wanderers | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 28 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 86% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 76% |
| 67% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 55% | 62% |
| 33% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 43% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 38% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 43% | 55% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 45% | 43% |
| 33% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 38% |
| 6.1 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 12.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 40% | 43% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| 9.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 9.9 | 9.5 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3 |
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bolton Wanderers have the most clean sheets (6) at home in League One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 47 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Derby County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 31 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 25 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 21 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 20 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -10 | 18 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -17 | 16 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -16 | 15 |
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