Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Walsall in 14th and Bolton Wanderers in 12th place.
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Walsall and Bolton Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Walsall form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Walsall at their home stadium (The Banks's Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Walsall, who won 3-1 against Tranmere Rovers (placed 10th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Stevenage.
This is expected to be a close game, with Walsall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Walsall as a small favourite), we find 19 games. Walsall has won six of these, drawn five and lost eight.
There will be little rest for Walsall after this match as they are travelling to Oldham Athletic for a League Two game in only three days.
Walsall aren't scoring a lot here at The Banks's Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. From these home matches, Walsall have conceded only 6 goals.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bolton Wanderers playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Bolton Wanderers are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Home advantage was not enough for Bolton Wanderers in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Port Vale, 3-6. Before that, Wanderers secured a home win against Southend United with the score 3-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Bolton Wanderers, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Bolton Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Bolton Wanderers, one draw and one defeat.
Bolton Wanderers has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Cheltenham Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Wanderers find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Wanderers have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Walsall-Bolton Wanderers H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Walsall one win, Bolton Wanderers three wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 7 goals |  E. Adebayo 6 goals |  N. Delfouneso 4 goals |
Walsall missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
| Walsall | Bolton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 44% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 62% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 44% |
| 19% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 27% | 18% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 39% |
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 7 | Salford City | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Morecambe | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Walsall | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 21 | Barrow | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Bradford City | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -23 | 6 |
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