Bolton Wanderers hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 7 points and a 23rd position in the League One table. Visiting Portsmouth holds 8th place with 38 pts.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lincoln City.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
3-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Bolton Wanderers so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Bolton Wanderers to get some points in this home game.
Bolton Wanderers lost their last game at Lincoln City (placed 15th) after a 1-5 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Bolton Wanderers lost 0-2 at Rochdale's place.
Bolton Wanderers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Bolton Wanderers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Bolton Wanderers have conceded 19 from these games.
Portsmouth form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portsmouth so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Portsmouth are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the League One against AFC Wimbledon (placed 20th). Preceding that game was the away EFL Trophy victory against Walsall with the score of 2-1.
A quick return to home after this game, as Portsmouth are hosting Scunthorpe United in the EFL Trophy only three days away.
Portsmouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Portsmouth have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Portsmouth - Bolton Wanderers 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bolton Wanderers won 4 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Portsmouth has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
  R. Curtis 10 goals |   D. Murphy 7 goals |  G. Evans 5 goals |
Bolton Wanderers missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Bolton Wanderers | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 19 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 36 |
| 53 | 19 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | 29 |
| 83% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 70% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 71% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 55% | 50% |
| 43% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 33% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 17% |
| 43% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 64% | 58% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 9% | 29% |
| 48% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 17% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 8.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 205 | 126 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 154 | 354 |
| 68 | 44 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 47 | 122 |
| 26% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 26% | 30% |
- Bolton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (19)
- Bolton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portsmouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 44 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 40 |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 37 |
| 10 | Peterborough United | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 37 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 36 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 34 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 33 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -12 | 28 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 22 |
| 22 | Southend United | 25 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | -38 | 10 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 34 | -34 | 7 |