The table shows that 5 points split the pair of duelists in this League One game. Bolton Wanderers have both the points- and home advantage.
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Bolton Wanderers have less rest than Exeter City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. This match was also played here at University of Bolton Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Exeter City have had more rest.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at University of Bolton Stadium as Bolton Wanderers have scored 13 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League One are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Bolton Wanderers's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own arena, finishing 4-0 against Manchester United U21. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
A League One defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Shrewsbury Town.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bolton Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Wanderers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Bolton Wanderers have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Exeter City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Exeter City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Exeter City played 1-1 against Sheffield Wednesday in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Morecambe.Exeter are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Exeter City's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. As for defending, Exeter City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Wanderers zero wins, one draw and Exeter City one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 9 goals |  S. Nombe 8 goals |  D. Charles 6 goals |
Bolton Wanderers missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Bolton Wanderers | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 90% |
| 65% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 35% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 20% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 43% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 57% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 29% |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 24% |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 12.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 11.3 | 10.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 39% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 44% | 45% |
| 9.8 | 8.6 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 2.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Derby County | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Lincoln City | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Exeter City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 17 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -12 | 14 |
