University of Bolton Stadium: Bolton Wanderers vs Portsmouth League One pre-match info

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium (28723 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these mid-table teams duel. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league status, Bolton Wanderers in 11th and Portsmouth in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One

These are hectic days for the hosts, as they were in action only three days ago in the League One. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Wigan Athletic.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

10-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Bolton Wanderers so far this season.

The home team returns to University of Bolton Stadium after drawing with Wigan Athletic (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Aimson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Aimson served one assist, hit two key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Crewe Alexandra and winning 1-0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Bolton Wanderers as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Sheffield Wednesday are visiting.

Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at University of Bolton Stadium with 36 goals in 19 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bolton Wanderers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portsmouth form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Portsmouth have produced an overall stat of 6-6-7 so far.

Portsmouth aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 294 league minutes without a goal. Hirst was the last player to find the net.

There were no winners in Portsmouth's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Wycombe Wanderers (placed 8th). Bazunu was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.11. The agile goalkeeper Bazunu topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Portsmouth manager Cowley faced defeat when travelling to Plymouth Argyle and losing 0-1.

Portsmouth have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a League One fixture vs Cheltenham Town. A hard schedule for the visiting team!

Portsmouth have the goal stats of 19-19 (for/against) from 19 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth have faced each other before this season: Portsmouth - Bolton Wanderers 1-0. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Bolton Wanderers won two, Portsmouth triumphed in seven and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

WanderersO. Afolayan
O. Afolayan
11 goals
PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
10 goals
Bolton WanderersA. Bakayoko
A. Bakayoko
8 goals

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bolton Wanderers Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 19 5 Played P 5 19 38
17 10 4 Won W 1 6 16
8 5 1 Drew D 4 6 11
15 4 0 Lost L 0 7 11
61 36 10 Scored S 6 19 53
50 21 4 Conceded C 5 19 39
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 79% 84%
72% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 42% 61%
50% 58% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 42% 53%
30% 37% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 26% 32%
15% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
40% 42% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 37% 42%
28% 37% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 42% 45%
35% 26% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 29%
 
5.4 6.7 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.9 5.2
4.6 3.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.9 5.4
1.3 1.3 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.6 15.7 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 11.7 12.7
4 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3.5
38% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 40%
 
11.1 9.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 12.8 12
3.8 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.4 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have won significantly more corners at 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 +/- P
1 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 38 24 8 6 67 35 20 12 4 4 31 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 80
3 Milton Keynes Dons 40 23 10 7 66 38 20 11 5 4 28 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 28 79
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
7 Oxford United 40 20 9 11 74 50 20 12 5 3 44 24 20 8 4 8 30 26 24 69
8 Wycombe Wanderers 40 19 12 9 64 47 21 12 5 4 36 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 17 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 40 17 8 15 61 50 19 10 5 4 36 21 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 59
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 40 13 12 15 48 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 21 6 5 10 25 39 -11 51
14 Accrington Stanley 40 14 9 17 52 69 21 11 5 5 39 32 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 51
15 Charlton Athletic 40 14 7 19 47 51 21 9 4 8 28 25 19 5 3 11 19 26 -4 49
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 40 12 9 19 45 53 20 5 5 10 19 25 20 7 4 9 26 28 -8 45
19 Fleetwood Town 39 8 13 18 53 68 18 5 6 7 26 27 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 37
20 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
21 Morecambe 40 8 11 21 50 79 20 6 7 7 30 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -29 35
22 AFC Wimbledon 40 6 15 19 41 64 19 2 11 6 21 27 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 33
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 40 6 7 27 31 74 21 4 4 13 18 38 19 2 3 14 13 36 -43 25

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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 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 38 24 8 6 67 35 20 12 4 4 31 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 80
3 Milton Keynes Dons 40 23 10 7 66 38 20 11 5 4 28 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 28 79
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
7 Oxford United 40 20 9 11 74 50 20 12 5 3 44 24 20 8 4 8 30 26 24 69
8 Wycombe Wanderers 40 19 12 9 64 47 21 12 5 4 36 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 17 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 40 17 8 15 61 50 19 10 5 4 36 21 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 59
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 40 13 12 15 48 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 21 6 5 10 25 39 -11 51
14 Accrington Stanley 40 14 9 17 52 69 21 11 5 5 39 32 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 51
15 Charlton Athletic 40 14 7 19 47 51 21 9 4 8 28 25 19 5 3 11 19 26 -4 49
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 40 12 9 19 45 53 20 5 5 10 19 25 20 7 4 9 26 28 -8 45
19 Fleetwood Town 39 8 13 18 53 68 18 5 6 7 26 27 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 37
20 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
21 Morecambe 40 8 11 21 50 79 20 6 7 7 30 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -29 35
22 AFC Wimbledon 40 6 15 19 41 64 19 2 11 6 21 27 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 33
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 40 6 7 27 31 74 21 4 4 13 18 38 19 2 3 14 13 36 -43 25

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.