Can Bolton Wanderers beat Exeter City in University of Bolton Stadium clash?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Bolton Stadium

3rd position in the League Two table for Bolton Wanderers so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Exeter City visits University of Bolton Stadium.

Insights:
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in League Two
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Exeter City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago.

Wanderers are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Exeter City are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

Bolton Wanderers have collected 38 points from their League Two home games so far after 11-5-6. In general it's been a long time since Bolton Wanderers tasted defeat here at University of Bolton Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

The Wanderers goalkeeper Matt Gilks is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Bolton Wanderers are returning here after visiting Morecambe in a League Two game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ben Jackson scored the goal(s). Before that, Wanderers had a home game versus Carlisle United which ended with a victory 1-0.

Wanderers has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Bolton Wanderers have conceded only 21 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

6 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Exeter City playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Exeter City are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the League Two against Grimsby Town (placed 24th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Newport County.

Exeter find the net regularly in their away games. 31 goals from 22 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Exeter have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Exeter City - Wanderers 1-1 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Bolton WanderersE. Doyle
E. Doyle
18 goals
Exeter CityM. Jay
M. Jay
17 goals
Exeter CityR. Bowman
R. Bowman
14 goals

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Exeter City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bolton Wanderers Exeter City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
22 11 4 Won W 1 6 17
10 5 0 Drew D 4 9 15
12 6 3 Lost L 2 7 12
54 26 9 Scored S 13 31 68
47 21 9 Conceded C 13 29 48
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 86% 84%
64% 64% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 73% 70%
36% 32% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 55% 50%
11% 5% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 32% 32%
9% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 14% 16%
43% 36% 29% BTTS BTTS 86% 64% 55%
41% 45% 57% Clean Sheets C S 14% 23% 32%
20% 27% 14% Failed to Score F T 14% 27% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.4 0.7 0.9
5 3 2 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
11.5 12.7 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.6 11.1
3.6 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.1 4.2
34% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 34% 37%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in League Two
  • Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 44 23 10 11 57 37 22 12 5 5 33 20 22 11 5 6 24 17 20 79
2 Cambridge United 44 23 8 13 66 44 22 11 5 6 27 20 22 12 3 7 39 24 22 77
3 Bolton Wanderers 44 22 10 12 54 47 22 11 5 6 26 21 22 11 5 6 28 26 7 76
4 Morecambe 44 21 9 14 65 58 22 12 5 5 36 27 22 9 4 9 29 31 7 72
5 Tranmere Rovers 44 20 12 12 54 48 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 9 8 5 24 26 6 72
6 Newport County 44 19 12 13 55 41 22 12 5 5 26 17 22 7 7 8 29 24 14 69
7 Salford City 44 18 14 12 51 33 22 10 11 1 33 15 22 8 3 11 18 18 18 68
8 Forest Green Rovers 44 18 13 13 54 50 22 9 7 6 29 26 22 9 6 7 25 24 4 67
9 Exeter City 44 17 15 12 68 48 22 11 6 5 37 19 22 6 9 7 31 29 20 66
10 Carlisle United 44 17 11 16 57 49 22 12 4 6 38 25 22 5 7 10 19 24 8 62
11 Leyton Orient 44 17 10 17 51 49 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 8 3 11 21 27 2 61
12 Port Vale 44 17 9 18 57 53 22 9 5 8 27 22 22 8 4 10 30 31 4 60
13 Crawley Town 44 16 12 16 52 55 22 10 6 6 29 23 22 6 6 10 23 32 -3 60
14 Bradford City 44 16 10 18 48 51 22 9 6 7 22 19 22 7 4 11 26 32 -3 58
15 Stevenage 44 13 17 14 37 38 22 8 7 7 23 17 22 5 10 7 14 21 -1 56
16 Oldham Athletic 44 15 9 20 71 74 22 6 2 14 31 39 22 9 7 6 40 35 -3 54
17 Harrogate Town 44 15 9 20 46 53 22 7 5 10 19 25 22 8 4 10 27 28 -7 54
18 Mansfield Town 44 11 19 14 50 54 22 5 10 7 29 30 22 6 9 7 21 24 -4 52
19 Walsall 44 11 19 14 45 51 22 7 6 9 20 25 22 4 13 5 25 26 -6 52
20 Barrow 44 13 10 21 51 56 22 7 8 7 31 30 22 6 2 14 20 26 -5 49
21 Colchester United 44 10 17 17 43 61 22 9 7 6 31 26 22 1 10 11 12 35 -18 47
22 Scunthorpe United 44 13 8 23 41 63 22 7 6 9 22 27 22 6 2 14 19 36 -22 47
23 Southend United 44 9 14 21 26 56 22 5 5 12 15 28 22 4 9 9 11 28 -30 41
24 Grimsby Town 44 9 13 22 36 66 22 4 8 10 16 30 22 5 5 12 20 36 -30 40

Bolton Wanderers:
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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 Cheltenham Town 44 23 10 11 57 37 22 12 5 5 33 20 22 11 5 6 24 17 20 79
2 Cambridge United 44 23 8 13 66 44 22 11 5 6 27 20 22 12 3 7 39 24 22 77
3 Bolton Wanderers 44 22 10 12 54 47 22 11 5 6 26 21 22 11 5 6 28 26 7 76
4 Morecambe 44 21 9 14 65 58 22 12 5 5 36 27 22 9 4 9 29 31 7 72
5 Tranmere Rovers 44 20 12 12 54 48 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 9 8 5 24 26 6 72
6 Newport County 44 19 12 13 55 41 22 12 5 5 26 17 22 7 7 8 29 24 14 69
7 Salford City 44 18 14 12 51 33 22 10 11 1 33 15 22 8 3 11 18 18 18 68
8 Forest Green Rovers 44 18 13 13 54 50 22 9 7 6 29 26 22 9 6 7 25 24 4 67
9 Exeter City 44 17 15 12 68 48 22 11 6 5 37 19 22 6 9 7 31 29 20 66
10 Carlisle United 44 17 11 16 57 49 22 12 4 6 38 25 22 5 7 10 19 24 8 62
11 Leyton Orient 44 17 10 17 51 49 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 8 3 11 21 27 2 61
12 Port Vale 44 17 9 18 57 53 22 9 5 8 27 22 22 8 4 10 30 31 4 60
13 Crawley Town 44 16 12 16 52 55 22 10 6 6 29 23 22 6 6 10 23 32 -3 60
14 Bradford City 44 16 10 18 48 51 22 9 6 7 22 19 22 7 4 11 26 32 -3 58
15 Stevenage 44 13 17 14 37 38 22 8 7 7 23 17 22 5 10 7 14 21 -1 56
16 Oldham Athletic 44 15 9 20 71 74 22 6 2 14 31 39 22 9 7 6 40 35 -3 54
17 Harrogate Town 44 15 9 20 46 53 22 7 5 10 19 25 22 8 4 10 27 28 -7 54
18 Mansfield Town 44 11 19 14 50 54 22 5 10 7 29 30 22 6 9 7 21 24 -4 52
19 Walsall 44 11 19 14 45 51 22 7 6 9 20 25 22 4 13 5 25 26 -6 52
20 Barrow 44 13 10 21 51 56 22 7 8 7 31 30 22 6 2 14 20 26 -5 49
21 Colchester United 44 10 17 17 43 61 22 9 7 6 31 26 22 1 10 11 12 35 -18 47
22 Scunthorpe United 44 13 8 23 41 63 22 7 6 9 22 27 22 6 2 14 19 36 -22 47
23 Southend United 44 9 14 21 26 56 22 5 5 12 15 28 22 4 9 9 11 28 -30 41
24 Grimsby Town 44 9 13 22 36 66 22 4 8 10 16 30 22 5 5 12 20 36 -30 40

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.