Peterborough United vs Bolton Wanderers betting preview: Visitors should struggle at ABAX Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: ABAX Stadium (15314 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 23rd place in the table will show on the pitch.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. That game, against Accrington Stanley, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bolton Wanderers.

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Peterborough United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at ABAX Stadium as Peterborough United, who have the most scored goals (42) in League One, have scored 24 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League One are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Peterborough United drew their last game, 2-2 away at Portsmouth (placed 10th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ipswich Town that ended 1-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Peterborough United home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Peterborough United are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (24 goals in 9 games). Peterborough United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

Bolton Wanderers have only collected 3 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-0-6 (7 played).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Bolton Wanderers, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Accrington Stanley (placed 18th). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs AFC Wimbledon.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Bolton Wanderers played away with similar odds. This revealed eight games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 8 times.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Bolton Wanderers can't defend away. 26 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Peterborough United-Bolton Wanderers H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Peterborough United 2 wins, Bolton Wanderers 3 wins, 0 draws. 2 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedI. Toney
I. Toney
13 goals
Peterborough UnitedMohamed Eisa
Mohamed Eisa
13 goals
Peterborough UnitedM. Maddison
M. Maddison
9 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Peterborough United Bolton Wanderers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 2 7 16
9 6 4 Won W 1 1 3
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 5
5 1 0 Lost L 1 6 8
42 24 15 Scored S 2 4 11
25 9 2 Conceded C 2 26 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 81%
84% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 69%
68% 78% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 50%
58% 67% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 44%
21% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 57% 31%
47% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 38%
37% 56% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 31%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 50%
 
5.2 5.8 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 2 2.7 4.3
4.9 3.8 5.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 4.6 5.2
1.5 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.7 1.3
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
259 130 70 Total Shots T S 13 49 149
105 58 32 Shots on Target S O 5 14 48
40% 41% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 23%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers has the fewest points (3) away
  • Bolton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (11)
  • Bolton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (4) away
  • Bolton Wanderers has the the worst goal difference (-22) away
  • Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bolton Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Peterborough United has the most scored goals (24) at home
  • Peterborough United has the most scored goals (42)
  • Peterborough United has the most scored goals in the second half (26)
  • Peterborough United has the the best goal difference (+15) at home
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Peterborough United have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Peterborough United have scored more than double the goals of Bolton Wanderers.
  • Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 19 11 7 1 28 14 10 8 2 0 20 10 9 3 5 1 8 4 14 40
2 Ipswich Town 18 10 6 2 28 13 8 3 4 1 12 7 10 7 2 1 16 6 15 36
3 Peterborough United 19 9 5 5 42 25 9 6 2 1 24 9 10 3 3 4 18 16 17 32
4 Blackpool 19 8 8 3 29 22 10 6 2 2 18 13 9 2 6 1 11 9 7 32
5 Bristol Rovers 18 9 4 5 27 24 10 5 4 1 17 11 8 4 0 4 10 13 3 31
6 Coventry City 19 7 10 2 24 21 11 7 3 1 15 8 8 0 7 1 9 13 3 31
7 Oxford United 18 8 6 4 37 19 8 5 2 1 18 7 10 3 4 3 19 12 18 30
8 Rotherham United 19 9 3 7 30 19 9 3 2 4 13 8 10 6 1 3 17 11 11 30
9 Fleetwood Town 17 9 2 6 30 23 9 7 1 1 16 7 8 2 1 5 14 16 7 29
10 Portsmouth 18 7 7 4 28 20 10 5 5 0 19 11 8 2 2 4 9 9 8 28
11 Sunderland 18 7 5 6 24 20 9 5 3 1 17 8 9 2 2 5 7 12 4 26
12 Shrewsbury Town 18 6 7 5 16 19 9 4 3 2 11 11 9 2 4 3 5 8 -3 25
13 Doncaster Rovers 16 6 6 4 25 18 10 5 3 2 16 11 6 1 3 2 9 7 7 24
14 Gillingham 19 6 6 7 22 21 10 5 1 4 16 11 9 1 5 3 6 10 1 24
15 Burton Albion 18 6 6 6 21 20 8 2 3 3 4 5 10 4 3 3 17 15 1 24
16 Rochdale 20 6 4 10 22 33 10 2 3 5 8 14 10 4 1 5 14 19 -11 22
17 Lincoln City 18 6 3 9 20 22 7 4 1 2 10 7 11 2 2 7 10 15 -2 21
18 Accrington Stanley 19 4 7 8 25 29 8 3 2 3 17 12 11 1 5 5 8 17 -4 19
19 AFC Wimbledon 19 4 5 10 23 30 9 3 4 2 10 10 10 1 1 8 13 20 -7 17
20 Tranmere Rovers 18 4 5 9 22 33 9 2 4 3 15 13 9 2 1 6 7 20 -11 17
21 Milton Keynes Dons 19 4 2 13 16 30 10 3 1 6 8 17 9 1 1 7 8 13 -14 14
22 Southend United 20 1 3 16 20 57 9 0 1 8 7 30 11 1 2 8 13 27 -37 6
23 Bolton Wanderers 16 3 5 8 11 38 9 2 5 2 7 12 7 1 0 6 4 26 -27 2

Read more about League One

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.