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Bolton Wanderers v Cambridge United : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jan, 15:00 BST, Macron Stadium, Horwich

Cambridge United, led by manager Garry Monk, visit Ian Evatt and his Bolton Wanderers side at the Macron Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the League One. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) records and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are provided too.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest we don't have an obvious winner for this clash, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Bolton and Cambridge will score at least a couple of goals between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Ian Evatt or Garry Monk has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s lately either. The bookmakers are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.22 equating to about a 81% probability.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bolton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.50.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bolton
59%
1/2-
Draw
21%
10/3-
Cambridge
20%
5/1-
Draw 1-1
10%
7/1-
Bolton 2-1
10%
15/2-
Bolton 1-0
9%
13/2-
Bolton 2-0
9%
13/2-
Bolton 3-1
7%
11/1-
Bolton 3-0
6%
10/1-
Cambridge 2-1
5%
18/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Cambridge 1-0
5%
16/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1-
Bolton 3-2
4%
22/1-
Bolton 4-1
3%
20/1-
Bolton 4-0
3%
18/1-
Cambridge 2-0
3%
33/1-
Cambridge 3-1
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
7/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
55%
1/3-
Away 1st Goal
42%
12/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
57%
4/5-
BTTS - No
43%
19/20-
BTTS - Home Win
29%
11/5-
BTTS - Draw
17%
9/2-
BTTS - Away Win
11%
10/1-
Home/draw
80%
1/8-
Away/draw
41%
6/4-
Home/away
79%
1/5-
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1-
Home DNB
74%
2/11-
Away DNB
35%
7/2-
Bolton win to nil
30%
6/4-
Cambridge win to nil
9%
10/1-
Bolton / Bolton
36%
13/10-
Bolton / Cambridge
2%
40/1-
Bolton / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Bolton
19%
10/3-
Draw / Cambridge
7%
11/1-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2-
Cambridge / Bolton
4%
20/1-
Cambridge / Cambridge
8%
9/1-
Cambridge / Draw
5%
16/1-
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Win / draw / win League One table

Bolton have played 24 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Bolton have outscored their opponents by 36 goals to 22 goals.

Home League Performance

Bolton have played 12 games at home winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Cambridge are in 23rd position in the League One on 17 points having played 24 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Cambridge have conceded 43 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bolton
Cambridge
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2316522453 
Mar 4
l
 
2-0A
May 3
Feb 11
2
Wycombe2515642351 
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 1
l
 
2-1A
3
Wrexham2515641951 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
Apr 1
d
 
2-2F
4
Huddersfield2414551847 
l
 
0-4A
Jan 25
l
 
0-4A
Apr 18
5
Barnsley251267642 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 12
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
6
Reading241257641 
w
 
5-2F
Feb 1
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
7
Stockport2510871038 
Mar 15
l
 
5-0A
Feb 22
l
 
2-0A
8
L Orient2411491037 
Feb 22
w
 
1-2F
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
9
Mansfield231148537 
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
Jan 25
l
 
2-1A
10
Bolton Home241149-137 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Jan 18
11
Charlton23977634 
Jan 21
l
 
2-0A
Apr 12
l
 
2-1A
12
Lincoln25889-232 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 21
l
 
0-2A
Feb 8
13
Rotherham24879031 
Mar 22
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-1A
Jan 28
14
Stevenage23878-231 
May 3
w
 
1-4F
Mar 4
w
 
0-2F
15
Exeter249411-331 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
Feb 15
l
 
1-0A
16
Blackpool24798-330 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 29
d
 
4-4A
Jan 11
17
Wigan237610-227 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 1
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
18
Northampton256811-1526 
Jan 28
w
 
2-4F
Mar 29
d
 
0-00-0
19
Peterborough247413-525 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
Mar 15
l
 
6-1A
20
Bristol R247413-1625 
Apr 5
Mar 11
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
21
Crawley235513-1920 
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
Mar 1
22
Shrewsbury244515-2017 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 15
w
 
4-1F
Apr 5
23
Cambridge Away244515-2117 
Jan 18
d
 
1-1F
-
-
24
Burton242814-1814 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 8
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bolton 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
Cambridge 23RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
10
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
7 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
13 / 20
W
2
D
3
Lost
15
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
bet365
bet365
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Bolton have not lost to Cambridge in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Bolton since 2021
Bolton
Cambridge
Goals: Scored
7
2
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
BOL
3
D
1
League games at Cambridge since 2020
Cambridge
Bolton
Goals: Scored
4
4
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
BOL
1
D
3
CMU
1
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Cambridge United of late. It has been 5 League One matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Bolton Wanderers.

Bolton 10th Cambridge 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Cambridge will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
Bolton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-46
Cambridge have scored 46% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
0.5
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Bolton
PG (predicted goals)
Cambridge
2
1.1
Attack rating
28%
better
BOL
CMU
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Games scored15
13
Failed to score8
11
Scored first10
6
Goals scored35
22
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.9
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
15%
better
BOL
CMU
view stats
Games conceded18
20
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first11
17
Goals conceded34
43
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
5
Conversion rate against19%
19%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+15%

Bolton v Cambridge League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Bolton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22748
R SantosD CharlesJ SheehanG Thomason
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J McAtee FWD2342
2
-
A Collins FWD2362
3
-
D Charles FWD2372
1
-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF223
3
-
R Santos DEF221
7
-
J Matete MID222
4
-
S Schön FWD2212
7
-
G Johnston DEF19
5
-
V Adeboyejo FWD193
2
-
N Baxter GLK17
3
-
J Sheehan MID1714
3
-
G Thomason MID1721
8
-
R Williams FWD1512
7
-
J Osei-Tutu DEF132
3
-
S Arfield MID121
1
-
E Toal DEF1111
-
K Dempsey MID1032
1
-
K. Lolos MID912
3
-
G Jones DEF8
1
-
W Forrester DEF7
1
-
L Southwood GLK6
1
-
C Mendes FWD3
-
C Forino DEF2
-
Cambridge League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23536
K SmithE KachungaD AndrewD Andrew
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Brophy MID241
4
-
D Andrew DEF2313
6
-
K Smith MID231
6
-
E Kachunga FWD215
3
-
V Nuñez GLK20
2
-
M Morrison DEF20
2
1
D N'Lundulu FWD1941
2
-
B Njoku FWD181
2
-
J Okedina DEF17
1
S Kaikai FWD173
3
-
J Cousins MID1611
1
-
Z Rossi DEF13
3
-
R Loft FWD13
4
-
J Gibbons DEF12
1
-
P Digby MID12
3
-
S Lavery FWD1242
2
-
J Stokes MID101
1
-
D. Barton FWD10
-
E Longelo DEF912
-
K Watts DEF81
-
T Richards MID5
-
J Stevens GLK4
-
C O'Riordan DEF4
-