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Exeter City v Bolton Wanderers : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 4th Jan, 15:00 BST, St James Park, Exeter

Bolton Wanderers, led by manager Ian Evatt, visit Gary Caldwell and his Exeter City side at the St James Park on Saturday afternoon in the League One. Below there are predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers. All is accessible using the tabs below.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
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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
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Team To Score First

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Exeter
37%
--
Draw
27%
--
Bolton
36%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Exeter 1-0
10%
--
Bolton 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Exeter 2-1
8%
--
Bolton 2-1
8%
--
Exeter 2-0
7%
--
Bolton 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Exeter 3-1
3%
--
Bolton 3-1
3%
--
Exeter 3-0
3%
--
Bolton 3-0
3%
--
Exeter 3-2
2%
--
Bolton 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
48%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
64%
--
Away/draw
63%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
56%
--
Away DNB
55%
--
Exeter win to nil
21%
--
Bolton win to nil
20%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Exeter have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Exeter have conceded 17 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Exeter have played 10 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Bolton lay in 8th place on 31 points in the League One league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bolton have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Bolton have played 9 away games, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Exeter
Bolton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham1914321945 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 18
Mar 4
l
 
2-0A
2
Wycombe2013522144 
d
 
2-2F
Jan 1
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
3
Wrexham2112631742 
Mar 29
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
4
Huddersfield2012351639 
Apr 26
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-4A
Jan 25
5
Stockport2110651236 
Apr 5
l
 
2-0A
Mar 15
l
 
5-0A
6
Lincoln21876331 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
Dec 29
Apr 21
7
Reading20947031 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 4
w
 
5-2F
Feb 1
8
Bolton Away19946-131 
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
-
-
9
Barnsley21867-130 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 1
Dec 26
Apr 12
10
Mansfield19847128 
Jan 14
May 3
w
 
3-1A
Jan 1
11
Charlton20767427 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
Jan 21
l
 
2-0A
12
Blackpool20767-227 
Jan 25
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1A
Mar 29
13
Exeter Home20839-327 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Jan 4
14
Stevenage19757-226 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 1
May 3
w
 
1-4F
15
L Orient20749325 
Jan 28
w
 
0-1F
Feb 22
w
 
1-2F
16
Peterborough207310124 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 21
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
17
Wigan20668124 
Feb 8
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
Apr 1
18
Rotherham19658-223 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
Mar 22
Jan 11
19
Bristol R206410-1122 
Dec 26
Apr 12
Apr 5
-
20
Northampton215610-1321 
Mar 1
l
 
2-1F
Jan 28
w
 
2-4F
21
Crawley205411-1319 
Dec 29
Apr 21
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
22
Cambridge204511-1517 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 15
Jan 18
d
 
1-1F
23
Burton202612-1512 
Apr 18
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 8
24
Shrewsbury203314-2012 
Mar 8
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2A
Feb 15
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Exeter 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter1 - 2Barnsley
Exeter2 - 2Wycombe
Exeter0 - 2Birmingham
Exeter0 - 0Lincoln
Exeter1 - 0Charlton
Exeter1 - 2Reading
Exeter1 - 0Cambridge
Exeter2 - 0Stevenage
Exeter1 - 2Peterborough
Exeter1 - 0Rotherham
Exeter1 - 2Oxford Utd
Exeter1 - 0Stevenage
Exeter1 - 1Charlton
Exeter1 - 0Burton
Exeter2 - 2Bolton
Exeter1 - 1Fleetwood
Exeter0 - 3Derby
Exeter2 - 1Peterborough
Exeter0 - 1Bristol R
Exeter0 - 0Cambridge
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExeter2 - 1Burton
HExeter1 - 2Barnsley
AExeter0 - 2Stockport
HExeter2 - 2Wycombe
HExeter0 - 2Birmingham
AExeter0 - 3Wrexham
HExeter0 - 0Lincoln
HExeter1 - 0Charlton
AExeter0 - 2Huddersfield
HExeter1 - 2Reading
AExeter2 - 0Shrewsbury
HExeter1 - 0Cambridge
AExeter1 - 0L Orient
AExeter0 - 0Wigan
HExeter2 - 0Stevenage
AExeter1 - 2Blackpool
AExeter2 - 0Bolton
HExeter1 - 2Peterborough
AExeter1 - 2Northampton
HExeter1 - 0Rotherham
Bolton 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wycombe0 - 0Bolton
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
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABolton0 - 0Wycombe
HBolton0 - 2Wigan
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
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Exeter since 2021
Exeter
Bolton
Goals: Scored
3
4
Games: Scored
2 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
1 / 3
D
2
BOL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Exeter
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Bolton
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Bolton since 2021
Bolton
Exeter
Goals: Scored
10
4
Games: Scored
3 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
1 / 4
EXE
2
BOL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
0 - 2Exeter
Bolton7 - 0
Bolton2 - 0
1 - 2Exeter
Goal Statistics
Exeter 13th Bolton 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Exeter will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Bolton will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-25
Exeter have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted
-2
Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Exeter
PG (predicted goals)
Bolton
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
EXE
BOL
2%
better
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Games scored14
11
Failed to score6
8
Scored first11
8
Goals scored19
28
Avg. goals scored1
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
17
Avg. XG for1
1.4
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
29%
better
EXE
BOL
view stats
Games conceded11
15
Clean sheets9
4
Conceded first7
9
Goals conceded22
29
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against12%
20%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+29%

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

Exeter League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20329
J WhitworthJ MagennisJ MagennisR Woods
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Whitworth GLK20
1
-
J McMillan DEF201
2
-
T Crama DEF192
3
-
E Francis MID1921
2
-
J Aitchison MID191
3
-
I Niskanen MID1911
4
-
J Magennis FWD1932
-
P Sweeney DEF18
4
-
M Alli FWD1832
1
-
K Doyle MID163
1
-
R Woods MID1611
8
1
S Cox FWD12
-
J Yfeko DEF111
3
-
B Purrington DEF10
-
C Watts MID91
3
1
R Cole MID911
2
-
J Bird FWD9
-
V Harper MID6
1
-
A. Richards FWD61
1
-
J Fitzwater DEF5
-
D Mitchell MID5
-
J. Richards MID3
1
-
P Borges MID1
1
-
Bolton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18746
J Dacres-CogleyD CharlesJ SheehanR Santos
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Dacres-Cogley DEF193
2
-
J Matete MID19
4
-
J McAtee FWD1941
1
-
A Collins FWD1932
3
-
D Charles FWD1972
-
V Adeboyejo FWD193
2
-
R Santos DEF181
6
-
S Schön FWD1812
5
-
J Sheehan MID1714
3
-
G Johnston DEF16
5
-
N Baxter GLK14
3
-
G Thomason MID132
6
-
S Arfield MID111
1
-
R Williams FWD1112
4
-
E Toal DEF101
-
K Dempsey MID1032
1
-
J Osei-Tutu DEF91
2
-
G Jones DEF6
1
-
L Southwood GLK5
1
-
K. Lolos MID5
2
-
W Forrester DEF4
-
C Forino DEF2
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
L Orient v Crawley
Thu 26th Dec, 13:00
Stevenage v Wycombe
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Rotherham v Wigan
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Wrexham v Blackpool
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Exeter v Bristol R
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Lincoln
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Bolton v Barnsley
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Charlton v Cambridge
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Peterborough v Mansfield
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Birmingham v Burton
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Reading v Northampton
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Huddersfield v Stockport
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Rotherham v Stockport
Sun 29th Dec, 12:30
Charlton v Wycombe
Sun 29th Dec, 12:30
Wrexham v Wigan
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Exeter v Crawley
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Northampton
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Stevenage v Bristol R
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L Orient v Cambridge
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Peterborough v Barnsley
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Birmingham v Blackpool
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Reading v Mansfield
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Huddersfield v Burton
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Bolton v Lincoln
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Blackpool v Shrewsbury
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Wigan v Huddersfield
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Mansfield v Bolton
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Burton v Peterborough
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Crawley v Charlton
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Northampton v Stevenage
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Exeter
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Lincoln v Rotherham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Bristol R v L Orient
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Cambridge v Reading
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Stockport v Birmingham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Barnsley v Wrexham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Burton v Northampton
Sat 4th Jan, 12:30
Cambridge v Bristol R
Sat 4th Jan, 12:30
Stockport v Mansfield
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Barnsley v Crawley
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wrexham v Peterborough
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wigan v Birmingham
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Exeter v Bolton
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
L Orient v Shrewsbury
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Blackpool
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Lincoln v Stevenage
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Charlton v Reading
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Huddersfield v Rotherham
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
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