Portsmouth welcomes Bolton Wanderers as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (20821 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Portsmouth holding 20th place and Bolton Wanderers lying 23rd. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Portsmouth have less rest than Bolton Wanderers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Carabao Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Southampton, was also a home game here at Fratton Park. The away team is better rested.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the League One. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two draws in a row at home now for Portsmouth.

The Portsmouth crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Southampton here at Fratton Park in a Carabao Cup match. Prior to that, an away loss at Wycombe Wanderers in the League One.

Portsmouth are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W2-D0-L0.

The Portsmouth manager K. Jackett has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Portsmouth defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

Bolton Wanderers, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in League One, are still without points from their League One away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. Bolton Wanderers are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Queens Park Rangers fixture. seven defeats in a row for Bolton Wanderers in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Queens Park Rangers.

There were no winners in Bolton Wanderers's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Sunderland (placed 5th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Oxford United.

You'll want to know how Bolton Wanderers managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found nine similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 9 home wins.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Rochdale.

Bolton Wanderers are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. There are big problems for the Bolton Wanderers defense as they have conceded 18 goals in 4 away games.

Head 2 Head

Portsmouth-Bolton Wanderers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Portsmouth 4 wins, Bolton Wanderers 4 wins, 2 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

R. Curtis
2 goals
M. Harness
2 goals / 1 assists
B. Close
1 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Portsmouth Bolton Wanderers
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 4 8
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
3 0 0 Lost L 2 4 5
9 7 2 Scored S 0 1 2
10 5 0 Conceded C 10 18 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
43% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 50%
29% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 50%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 75% 50%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
14% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 75%
 
6.4 6.3 5 Corners For (avg) C F 2 2.2 2.8
2.9 2.7 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.5 6 6.5
2.4 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 0.8 1.5
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Bolton Wanderers's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Portsmouth's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bolton Wanderers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Bolton Wanderers have lost all their away matches so far.
  • 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.
  • Portsmouth have created more than twice as many corners as Bolton Wanderers.
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Portsmouth have scored more than double the goals of Bolton Wanderers.
  • Portsmouth have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Portsmouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Portsmouth
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Portsmouth 1 - 0 Crawley Town
14-09-19 EFL Portsmouth 3 - 1 Norwich City U21
17-09-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 2 Burton Albion
21-09-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 0 Portsmouth
24-09-19 CC Portsmouth 0 - 4 Southampton
28-09-19 LO Portsmouth 14:00 Bolton Wanderers
05-10-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 14:00 Portsmouth
08-10-19 EFL Oxford United 18:45 Portsmouth
12-10-19 LO Portsmouth 14:00 Gillingham
19-10-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 14:00 Portsmouth
Bolton Wanderers
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LO Gillingham 5 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
03-09-19 EFL Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Bradford City
14-09-19 LO Rotherham United 6 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
17-09-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Oxford United
21-09-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 1 - 1 Sunderland
28-09-19 LO Portsmouth 14:00 Bolton Wanderers
01-10-19 EFL Rochdale 18:45 Bolton Wanderers
07-10-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 19:00 Blackpool
12-10-19 LO Burton Albion 14:00 Bolton Wanderers
19-10-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 14:00 Rochdale

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

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