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Bolton Wanderers v Stockport County : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Mar, 12:30 BST, Macron Stadium, Horwich

Stockport County, led by manager Dave Challinor, visit Steven Gerrard and his Bolton Wanderers side at the Macron Stadium on Saturday lunch time in the League One. All of the key statistics for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are included in this in-depth preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Bolton or Stockport are in the kind of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 79% chance of 2 goals or more.

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 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bolton
44%
29/20
9%
6/4
5%
Draw
25%
23/10
3%
12/5
6%
Stockport
31%
8/5
5%
17/10
4%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
7%
5/1
8%
Bolton 1-0
9%
7/1
16%
13/2
12%
Bolton 2-1
9%
9/1
5%
8/1
6%
Stockport 1-0
8%
15/2
23%
13/2
17%
Stockport 2-1
7%
9/1
9%
8/1
Bolton 2-0
7%
11/1
8%
10/1
Draw 0-0
6%
17/2
27%
15/2
15%
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
9%
Stockport 2-0
5%
12/1
13%
10/1
15%
Bolton 3-1
5%
20/1
24%
16/1
13%
Bolton 3-0
4%
22/118/1
12%
Stockport 3-1
3%
22/1
10%
16/1
Bolton 3-2
3%
28/1
26%
22/1
21%
Stockport 3-2
2%
33/1
31%
22/1
21%
Stockport 3-0
2%
28/120/1
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
21/20
19%
1/1
16%
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
3/4
16%
3/4
13%
Home 1st Goal
50%
5/6
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/10-
No 1st Goal
4%
17/2
27%
-
BTTS - Yes
56%
4/5
11%
4/5
11%
BTTS - No
44%
19/20
11%
10/11
11%
BTTS - Home Win
21%
9/2
27%
19/5
20%
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4
10%
10/3
BTTS - Away Win
16%
9/2
10%
4/1
4%
Home/draw
69%
4/9
6%
4/9
Away/draw
56%
1/2
2%
1/2
4%
Home/away
75%
3/10
1%
3/10
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1/3
9%
1/3
6%
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
9/4
19%
21/10
17%
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
11/4
36%
12/5
24%
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
1/4
11%
2/7
8%
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
7/1
45%
11/2
30%
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/12
5%
1/11
4%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
16/1
55%
12/1
37%
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/40
3%
1/40
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/16
2%
1/18
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
17/2
27%
15/2
15%
Home DNB
61%
4/5
4%
4/5
6%
Away DNB
49%
10/11
5%
10/11
5%
Bolton win to nil
22%
3/1
8%
-
Stockport win to nil
16%
7/2
18%
-
Bolton / Bolton
19%
10/3
15%
3/1
11%
Bolton / Stockport
3%
28/1
12%
22/1
10%
Bolton / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Draw / Bolton
14%
5/119/4
5%
Draw / Stockport
13%
5/1
8%
5/1
8%
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1
9%
18/5
12%
Stockport / Bolton
3%
28/1
26%
20/1
11%
Stockport / Stockport
19%
7/216/5
3%
Stockport / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Win / draw / win League One table

Bolton have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Bolton have conceded 12 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Bolton have played 18 games at home, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 34 goals, conceded 27 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Stockport lay in 5th place on 62 points in the League One league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 8 and losing 6 games. They have scored 49 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Stockport have conceded 25 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Stockport have played 18 away games, winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bolton
Stockport
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham3525733582 
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
2
Wycombe35191152868 
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-5A
May 3
3
Wrexham3620882068 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
Mar 22
4
Charlton3618991663 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
5
Stockport Away36171181862 
Mar 15
l
 
5-0A
-
-
6
Bolton Home3618612560 
-
-
w
 
5-0F
Mar 15
7
Huddersfield36177121458 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
0-1F
Apr 21
l
 
1-0A
8
Reading36161010658 
w
 
5-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-3F
9
L Orient36165151453 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-4A
w
 
0-1F
10
Barnsley3615714-152 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 12
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
11
Blackpool3612159651 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 29
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-3F
12
Stevenage3613914-348 
May 3
w
 
1-4F
Apr 1
l
 
2-1A
13
Lincoln36121014346 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 21
Apr 26
l
 
2-1F
14
Rotherham3512815-244 
Apr 8
l
 
3-1A
Apr 12
d
 
1-1F
15
Wigan35111014-243 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 1
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
16
Exeter3512716-1143 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-0F
Apr 5
17
Bristol R3612618-1642 
Apr 5
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
18
Mansfield3611817-941 
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
19
Northampton36101115-1741 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-4F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
20
Peterborough3510916-839 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
w
 
2-1F
Apr 18
21
Burton3671217-1733 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
Mar 29
w
 
0-3F
22
Crawley367920-2830 
w
 
4-3A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
23
Cambridge367821-2529 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
24
Shrewsbury367722-2628 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-3A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Bolton have won 4 consecutive home league games
Bolton 6TH
20 league games
Home
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
Stockport 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Stockport have not lost to Bolton in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Bolton since 1999
Bolton
Stockport
Goals: Scored
2
4
Games: Scored
2 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
1 / 3
D
1
SCT
2
League games at Stockport since 1998
Stockport
Bolton
Goals: Scored
9
4
Games: Scored
2 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
2 / 4
BOL
1
D
1
SCT
2
Goal Statistics
Bolton 6th Stockport 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Stockport will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Bolton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+7
Stockport’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Bolton
PG (predicted goals)
Stockport
1.5
1.3
Attack rating
BOL
SCT
6%
better
view stats
Games scored25
30
Failed to score10
6
Scored first14
22
Goals scored57
52
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal5
7
Conversion rate for19
15
Avg. XG for1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
BOL
SCT
25%
better
view stats
Games conceded28
22
Clean sheets7
14
Conceded first18
12
Goals conceded51
34
Avg. goals conceded1.4
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
5
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against18%
18%
Avg. XG against1.2
0.8
KickOff rating
+25%

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

Bolton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3111611
S SchönJ McAteeJ Dacres-CogleyG Thomason
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J McAtee FWD35113
4
-
A Collins FWD3594
4
-
S Schön DEF3414
8
-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF336
5
-
G Johnston DEF30
6
-
G Thomason MID2842
11
-
J Sheehan MID2835
8
-
J Matete MID272
6
-
V Adeboyejo FWD273
2
-
J Osei-Tutu DEF2512
8
-
R Santos DEF241
9
-
W Forrester DEF19
3
-
N Baxter GLK18
3
-
L Southwood GLK18
2
-
E Toal DEF1822
1
-
K. Lolos MID1712
4
-
G Jones DEF14
2
-
A Morley MID1442
2
-
J Randall MID1212
-
K Dempsey MID1032
1
-
A. Murphy DEF81
1
-
C Forino DEF7
3
-
C Mendes FWD6
-
K Etete FWD1
-
Stockport League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
34767
E PyeK WoottonK WoottonE Pye
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Wootton FWD3676
4
-
E Pye DEF3412
7
-
I Touray DEF332
7
-
O Norwood MID3313
3
-
I Olaofe FWD3252
3
-
W Collar MID3161
2
-
C Connolly MID3012
6
1
L Bate MID2824
4
-
J Diamond FWD262
2
-
C Camps MID2512
5
-
O Bailey MID242
3
-
F Horsfall DEF2111
6
1
B Hinchliffe GLK19
1
-
C Addai GLK19
-
M Southam-Hales DEF173
5
-
K Knoyle DEF161
2
-
J Fevrier FWD1511
-
R Rydel DEF142
-
J Mingi MID8
1
-
B Hills DEF7
2
-
O Moxon MID7
-
S Cosgrove FWD5
-
N Powell MID41
-
M. Hamilton FWD4
-
B Andrésson FWD43
-