League One prediction: Tranmere Rovers should edge out Bolton Wanderers on their own turf

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

The League One season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Tranmere Rovers and Bolton Wanderers promises to be an interesting one.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

Only two home games for Tranmere Rovers so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The Tranmere Rovers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bolton Wanderers in League One and win 5-0. Preceding that match was the home Carabao Cup game against Hull City that was lost 0-3.

Tranmere Rovers are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Prenton Park with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. six earlier games are comparable to this one, and Tranmere Rovers has won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Tranmere Rovers has won by at least two goals 1 time when in this position.

At Prenton Park, Tranmere Rovers has the goal stats of 7-3 (for/against) from 2 fixtures.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

It's not happening yet for Bolton Wanderers on their travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Bolton Wanderers, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Queens Park Rangers game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Bolton Wanderers as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Queens Park Rangers.

Bolton Wanderers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Tranmere Rovers. Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Rochdale's place.

Bolton Wanderers are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found ten matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Of the defeats, 3 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Bolton Wanderers has managed 0 goals and let in 7 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tranmere Rovers - Bolton Wanderers 5-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Tranmere Rovers won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Bolton Wanderers has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 2

Top Goalscorers

C. Jennings
2 goals
M. Ferrier
2 goals
O. Banks
1 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Tranmere Rovers Bolton Wanderers
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played 0 2 3
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost 0 2 2
7 7 0 Scored 0 0 0
5 3 0 Conceded 0 7 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 4.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
4 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1.5 1.7
3.3 2.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 6
2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 2
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Tranmere Rovers Last season Bolton Wanderers
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
49 24 0 Played 0 23 46
22 15 0 Won 0 4 8
14 5 0 Drew 0 4 8
13 4 0 Lost 0 15 30
66 34 0 Scored 0 16 29
51 13 0 Conceded 0 43 78
88% 92% 0% Over 0.5 0% 96% 96%
63% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 74% 70%
39% 29% 0% Over 2.5 0% 39% 39%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 0% 22% 15%
14% 8% 0% Over 4.5 0% 13% 7%
49% 38% 0% BTTS 0% 39% 37%
43% 54% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 13% 13%
20% 17% 0% Failed To Score 0% 52% 54%
 
4.2 4.8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3.3 4
5 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.8 6.7
1.6 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.7 1.8
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 4 4
Key stats last season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tranmere Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tranmere Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Bolton Wanderers.

Tranmere Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Vanarama National League Fa Trophy Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Tranmere Rovers 0 - 0 Walsall
03-08-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 2 - 3 Rochdale
10-08-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
13-08-19 CC Tranmere Rovers 0 - 3 Hull City
17-08-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 5 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
20-08-19 LO Bristol Rovers 18:45 Tranmere Rovers
24-08-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 14:00 Bury
31-08-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Tranmere Rovers
03-09-19 EFL Bury 18:45 Tranmere Rovers
07-09-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 14:00 Gillingham
Bolton Wanderers
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
03-08-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
10-08-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Coventry City
13-08-19 CC Rochdale 5 - 2 Bolton Wanderers
17-08-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 5 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
20-08-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 19:00 Doncaster Rovers
24-08-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 14:00 Ipswich Town
31-08-19 LO Gillingham 14:00 Bolton Wanderers
03-09-19 EFL Bolton Wanderers 18:00 Bradford City
08-09-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 11:00 Bury

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 9
2 Blackpool 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
4 Coventry City 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Fleetwood Town 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
7 Doncaster Rovers 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
8 Ipswich Town 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
9 Rochdale 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
10 Sunderland 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
11 Oxford United 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Shrewsbury Town 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
14 Milton Keynes Dons 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
15 Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
16 Burton Albion 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
17 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 AFC Wimbledon 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
19 Accrington Stanley 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
20 Peterborough United 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
21 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 1
22 Bolton Wanderers 3 0 1 2 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 1
24 Southend United 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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