All pre-match information for the Milton Keynes Dons - Bolton Wanderers match:

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

League One: Milton Keynes Dons receive Bolton Wanderers in what is nearly guaranteed to be an engaging football match. Here's all the news, stats and facts!

Insights:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (20) in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One

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 Milton Keynes Dons and Bolton Wanderers.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

8 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Milton Keynes Dons have to build on here at Stadium mk in the League One.

Keynes are returning here after visiting Charlton Athletic and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Kesler and Watson scored the goal(s). Kesler (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Kesler scored one goal.

Before that match, a win away at Sunderland.

This is expected to be a close game, with Milton Keynes Dons perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Milton Keynes Dons as a small favourite), we find nine games. Milton Keynes Dons has won five of these, drawn one and lost three.

The Milton Keynes Dons fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Keynes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadium mk in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

There's been little loot from Bolton Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 17 away games in the League One. Bolton Wanderers only have 5 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws.

Bolton Wanderers won their last game, 3-1 versus Lincoln City played at home. Midfielder Morley was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Morley served one assist, hit three key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus AFC Wimbledon.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Bolton Wanderers, two draws and two defeats.

Bolton Wanderers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games (in the league). As for defending, Bolton Wanderers rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Milton Keynes Dons and Bolton Wanderers have met already this season: Bolton Wanderers - Keynes 3-3. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding seven meetings): Milton Keynes Dons won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Bolton Wanderers managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five

Top Goalscorers

Milton Keynes DonsS. Twine
S. Twine
13 goals
Bolton WanderersO. Afolayan
O. Afolayan
11 goals
Milton Keynes DonsM. Eisa
M. Eisa
8 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Milton Keynes Dons Bolton Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 6 17 34
18 8 5 Won W 1 5 15
9 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
7 4 0 Lost L 5 10 13
55 20 10 Scored S 4 20 55
35 15 2 Conceded C 10 26 45
94% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
71% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 74%
53% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 56%
24% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 35%
18% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 24% 18%
59% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 41% 41%
32% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 26%
15% 25% 17% Failed to Score F T 67% 47% 35%
 
4.6 4.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 5.2
5.2 5.3 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.2 4.6
1.5 1.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.6 14.3 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.8 13.6
5 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 4.2
32% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 33% 38%
 
9.9 9.1 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 13.6 11.9
3.3 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.9 4.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (20) 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 Rotherham United 33 22 6 5 60 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 41 72
2 Wigan Athletic 31 20 6 5 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 14 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 34 18 9 7 55 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 20 63
4 Oxford United 34 17 8 9 61 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 17 7 4 6 26 21 20 59
5 Plymouth Argyle 32 16 8 8 54 38 14 8 3 3 20 13 18 8 5 5 34 25 16 56
6 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 58 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 33 15 10 8 53 43 17 9 4 4 30 26 16 6 6 4 23 17 10 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 34 14 10 10 52 38 17 8 7 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 52
10 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 6 13 55 45 17 10 4 3 35 19 17 5 2 10 20 26 10 51
11 Portsmouth 31 13 8 10 40 32 15 8 3 4 24 15 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 47
12 Cambridge United 33 11 11 11 44 45 17 7 6 4 23 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -1 44
13 Burton Albion 34 12 8 14 42 45 17 8 4 5 28 20 17 4 4 9 14 25 -3 44
14 Accrington Stanley 33 12 7 14 41 51 17 9 4 4 29 23 16 3 3 10 12 28 -10 43
15 Cheltenham Town 33 9 14 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 16 2 8 6 22 31 -11 41
16 Charlton Athletic 33 11 6 16 41 45 17 7 3 7 24 23 16 4 3 9 17 22 -4 39
17 Lincoln City 32 9 8 15 37 44 17 4 4 9 16 22 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 33 8 10 15 29 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 1 6 10 10 19 -6 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 33 6 14 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 32
21 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 43 63 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 30
22 Doncaster Rovers 35 8 4 23 26 66 18 5 3 10 15 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 28
23 Gillingham 34 5 12 17 26 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 27
24 Crewe Alexandra 33 5 7 21 26 59 16 4 4 8 15 26 17 1 3 13 11 33 -33 22

Milton Keynes Dons:
Bolton Wanderers:
England:
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 33 22 6 5 60 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 16 10 3 3 23 5 41 72
2 Wigan Athletic 31 20 6 5 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 14 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 34 18 9 7 55 35 16 8 4 4 20 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 20 63
4 Oxford United 34 17 8 9 61 41 17 10 4 3 35 20 17 7 4 6 26 21 20 59
5 Plymouth Argyle 32 16 8 8 54 38 14 8 3 3 20 13 18 8 5 5 34 25 16 56
6 Sunderland 34 16 8 10 58 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 17 5 6 6 24 33 11 56
7 Wycombe Wanderers 33 15 10 8 53 43 17 9 4 4 30 26 16 6 6 4 23 17 10 55
8 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 45 35 15 9 4 2 23 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 10 55
9 Ipswich Town 34 14 10 10 52 38 17 8 7 2 29 19 17 6 3 8 23 19 14 52
10 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 6 13 55 45 17 10 4 3 35 19 17 5 2 10 20 26 10 51
11 Portsmouth 31 13 8 10 40 32 15 8 3 4 24 15 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 47
12 Cambridge United 33 11 11 11 44 45 17 7 6 4 23 19 16 4 5 7 21 26 -1 44
13 Burton Albion 34 12 8 14 42 45 17 8 4 5 28 20 17 4 4 9 14 25 -3 44
14 Accrington Stanley 33 12 7 14 41 51 17 9 4 4 29 23 16 3 3 10 12 28 -10 43
15 Cheltenham Town 33 9 14 10 43 54 17 7 6 4 21 23 16 2 8 6 22 31 -11 41
16 Charlton Athletic 33 11 6 16 41 45 17 7 3 7 24 23 16 4 3 9 17 22 -4 39
17 Lincoln City 32 9 8 15 37 44 17 4 4 9 16 22 15 5 4 6 21 22 -7 35
18 Shrewsbury Town 33 8 10 15 29 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 17 1 6 10 10 19 -6 34
19 Fleetwood Town 31 7 11 13 44 53 16 5 5 6 26 25 15 2 6 7 18 28 -9 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 33 6 14 13 37 51 16 2 10 4 19 22 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 32
21 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 43 63 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 30
22 Doncaster Rovers 35 8 4 23 26 66 18 5 3 10 15 28 17 3 1 13 11 38 -40 28
23 Gillingham 34 5 12 17 26 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 16 1 7 8 14 25 -29 27
24 Crewe Alexandra 33 5 7 21 26 59 16 4 4 8 15 26 17 1 3 13 11 33 -33 22

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