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Bristol Rovers v Bolton Wanderers : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 11th Mar, 19:45 BST, The Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Rovers and their manager Matt Taylor will be looking to get one over on Ian Evatt and his Bolton Wanderers side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair go head to head at The Memorial Stadium in the League One. League One statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. There's so much to explore, with data visualisations and the best odds available for the biggest betting markets via the tabs.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there's no obvious winner in this fixture, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Bristol R and Bolton 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 Matt Taylor or Ian Evatt has served up too many 0-0s recently either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with top odds of 1.25 equating to approximately a 78% probability.

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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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 44% chance of Bolton coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bristol R
31%
7/2
13%
18/5
15%
Draw
25%
29/10
4%
29/10
3%
Bolton
44%
7/10
7%
7/10
7%
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2
7%
6/1
Bolton 1-0
9%
7/16/1
Bolton 2-1
9%
15/213/2
Bristol R 1-0
7%
12/111/1
9%
Bristol R 2-1
7%
14/1
15%
11/1
9%
Bolton 2-0
7%
15/2
11%
7/1
6%
Draw 0-0
6%
12/1
8%
9/1
Draw 2-2
6%
14/112/1
8%
Bolton 3-1
5%
12/1
13%
10/1
8%
Bristol R 2-0
5%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Bolton 3-0
4%
12/1
13%
10/1
15%
Bristol R 3-1
3%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Bolton 3-2
3%
22/116/1
Bristol R 3-2
2%
40/1
21%
25/1
Bristol R 3-0
2%
50/1
24%
33/1
17%
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
3/4
3%
8/11
1%
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
21/20
3%
1/1
Home 1st Goal
46%
7/4
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/9
6%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
8%
-
BTTS - Yes
57%
3/4
3%
3/4
1%
BTTS - No
43%
1/1
2%
1/1
BTTS - Home Win
16%
7/1
14%
13/2
15%
BTTS - Draw
19%
4/1
5%
19/5
4%
BTTS - Away Win
22%
5/2
3%
23/10
6%
Home/draw
56%
11/10
10%
11/10
8%
Away/draw
69%
2/11
3%
2/11
3%
Home/away
75%
1/41/4
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
2/9
2%
1/4
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
3/1
7%
11/4
1%
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
7/4
8%
7/4
5%
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
2/5
3%
2/5
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
9/24/1
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/72/13
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
10/1
15%
17/2
5%
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/20
1%
1/25
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/251/25
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/1
8%
9/1
Home DNB
48%
12/5
13%
23/10
14%
Away DNB
62%
3/10
4%
2/7
5%
Bristol R win to nil
15%
7/1
14%
-
Bolton win to nil
22%
2/1
12%
-
Bristol R / Bristol R
11%
13/2
15%
6/1
17%
Bristol R / Bolton
4%
20/116/1
Bristol R / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Bristol R
9%
17/2
12%
8/1
13%
Draw / Bolton
18%
7/2
5%
17/5
4%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
Bolton / Bristol R
3%
33/128/1
12%
Bolton / Bolton
30%
7/4
8%
8/5
7%
Bolton / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Bristol R have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Bristol R have conceded 39 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Bristol R have played 13 games at home, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Bolton lay in 9th place on 44 points in the League One league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 34 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bolton have conceded 24 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Bolton have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bristol R
Bolton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2719622763 
Apr 1
l
 
2-0A
Mar 4
l
 
2-0A
2
Wycombe2917842559 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 18
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
3
Wrexham2916761855 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
4
Stockport2914871650 
Feb 11
l
 
2-0A
Mar 15
l
 
5-0A
5
Huddersfield2814681548 
Mar 8
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-4A
w
 
0-1F
6
L Orient28135101544 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-0A
Feb 22
w
 
1-2F
7
Charlton281288844 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
8
Reading2813510244 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
w
 
5-2F
l
 
1-0A
9
Bolton Away2913511044 
Mar 11
Apr 5
-
-
10
Barnsley2912710243 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 12
11
Stevenage271179240 
Apr 21
l
 
3-0A
May 3
w
 
1-4F
12
Lincoln2910910139 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
w
 
3-0F
Apr 21
13
Blackpool289118138 
l
 
0-2A
May 3
w
 
2-1A
Mar 29
14
Mansfield2711412137 
Mar 29
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
15
Rotherham2810711037 
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
l
 
3-1A
16
Wigan289712-134 
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 1
17
Exeter299515-1332 
Apr 12
l
 
3-1F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
18
Bristol R Home289415-1631 
-
-
Apr 5
Mar 11
19
Peterborough298615-1030 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
20
Northampton297913-1730 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-4F
21
Burton2951014-1425 
Feb 15
w
 
1-3A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 8
22
Crawley276615-2124 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
23
Shrewsbury286517-2023 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 4
d
 
2-2A
Feb 15
24
Cambridge285716-2122 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bristol R 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R0 - 2Blackpool
Bristol R0 - 0Crawley
Bristol R1 - 1Lincoln
Bristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
Bristol R3 - 2Charlton
Bristol R1 - 2Wycombe
Bristol R0 - 4Wigan
Bristol R2 - 0Cambridge
Bristol R1 - 0Northampton
Bristol R0 - 2Peterborough
Bristol R1 - 0Cambridge
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Bristol R0 - 2Bolton
Bristol R0 - 0Shrewsbury
Bristol R0 - 3Derby
Bristol R2 - 1Carlisle
Bristol R1 - 2Burton
Bristol R0 - 2Fleetwood
Bristol R3 - 1Oxford Utd
Bristol R0 - 1Exeter
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol R0 - 3L Orient
HBristol R0 - 2Blackpool
ABristol R1 - 0Mansfield
HBristol R0 - 0Crawley
HBristol R1 - 1Lincoln
ABristol R0 - 1Reading
HBristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
ABristol R1 - 3Huddersfield
ABristol R3 - 1Burton
HBristol R3 - 2Charlton
HBristol R1 - 2Wycombe
ABristol R2 - 3Peterborough
HBristol R0 - 4Wigan
ABristol R1 - 2Barnsley
HBristol R2 - 0Cambridge
ABristol R0 - 2Stockport
ABristol R0 - 0Rotherham
HBristol R1 - 0Northampton
ABristol R0 - 2Wigan
HBristol R0 - 2Peterborough
Bolton 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cambridge1 - 1Bolton
Stockport5 - 0Bolton
Stevenage1 - 4Bolton
Birmingham2 - 0Bolton
Northampton2 - 4Bolton
Crawley0 - 2Bolton
Charlton2 - 0Bolton
L Orient1 - 2Bolton
Barnsley1 - 3Bolton
Peterborough3 - 3Bolton
Bristol R0 - 2Bolton
Stevenage0 - 0Bolton
Derby1 - 0Bolton
Exeter2 - 2Bolton
Barnsley2 - 2Bolton
Wigan1 - 0Bolton
Blackpool4 - 1Bolton
Cambridge1 - 2Bolton
Northampton1 - 1Bolton
Carlisle1 - 4Bolton
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBolton3 - 1Mansfield
ABolton1 - 1Cambridge
HBolton2 - 1Blackpool
ABolton0 - 5Stockport
ABolton4 - 1Stevenage
HBolton1 - 0Peterborough
ABolton0 - 2Birmingham
HBolton2 - 1Burton
HBolton2 - 2Shrewsbury
ABolton4 - 2Northampton
ABolton2 - 0Crawley
HBolton5 - 2Reading
HBolton0 - 4Huddersfield
HBolton0 - 2Exeter
ABolton0 - 2Charlton
HBolton0 - 0Wrexham
ABolton2 - 1L Orient
HBolton0 - 2Oxford Utd
HBolton2 - 3Barnsley
ABolton3 - 1Barnsley
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Bolton have beaten Bristol R in 4 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Bristol R since 2016
Bristol R
Bolton
Goals: Scored
3
9
Games: Scored
2 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
2 / 4
BOL
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
0 - 2Bolton
2 - 3Bolton
0 - 2Bolton
1 - 2Bolton
League games at Bolton since 2017
Bolton
Bristol R
Goals: Scored
4
5
Games: Scored
4 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
0 / 4
BRI
1
D
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
1 - 2Bristol R
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Bristol Rovers of late. It has been 8 League One matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Bolton Wanderers.

Bristol R 18th Bolton 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-44
Bristol R have scored 44% fewer goals at home than predicted
+10
Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.8
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Bristol R
PG (predicted goals)
Bolton
1.3
1.6
Attack rating
BRI
BOL
16%
better
view stats
Games scored16
18
Failed to score9
8
Scored first10
11
Goals scored25
39
Avg. goals scored1
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for0.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
11%
better
BRI
BOL
view stats
Games conceded18
21
Clean sheets7
5
Conceded first13
13
Goals conceded39
41
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded11
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
5
Conversion rate against14%
19%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.1
KickOff rating
+11%

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

Bristol R League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
284410
J GriffithsP OmochereG Ward J Lindsay
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Griffiths GLK28
1
-
J Wilson DEF2822
8
-
C Taylor DEF25
3
-
C Mola DEF25
5
-
S Sinclair MID2531
1
-
G Ward  MID2414
1
-
J Lindsay MID232
8
2
S Forde FWD2222
2
1
T Moore DEF21
6
1
R Sotiriou FWD2131
5
-
L Thomas MID2013
3
-
I Hutchinson MID2031
2
-
K Conteh MID19
6
-
G O'Donkor FWD1921
2
-
P Omochere FWD1943
2
-
C Martin FWD1621
1
-
L Sousa DEF141
2
-
J Senior DEF12
-
J Hunt DEF61
2
-
R Sawyers MID4
1
-
M Butcher MID11
-
Bolton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
278411
S SchönA CollinsJ Dacres-CogleyG Thomason
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Collins FWD2983
4
-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF284
4
-
S Schön DEF2813
8
-
J McAtee FWD2862
3
-
G Johnston DEF25
6
-
R Santos DEF241
9
-
V Adeboyejo FWD243
2
-
J Matete MID232
5
-
G Thomason MID2331
11
-
J Sheehan MID2114
5
-
N Baxter GLK18
3
-
J Osei-Tutu DEF182
6
-
W Forrester DEF13
1
-
E Toal DEF1211
1
-
K. Lolos MID1212
4
-
L Southwood GLK11
2
-
G Jones DEF11
1
-
K Dempsey MID1032
1
-
A Morley MID711
1
-
J Randall MID611
-
C Mendes FWD3
-
C Forino DEF2
-
A. Murphy DEF2
-
K Etete FWD1
-