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Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Feb, 15:00 BST, Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury

Home advantage is often beneficial in the League One, and Gareth Ainsworth’s Shrewsbury Town will have the luxury of it on Saturday afternoon. Steven Gerrard’s Bolton Wanderers are their visitors to the Montgomery Waters Meadow. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you explore. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall performance can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history a little further down the page.


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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Shrewsbury
34%
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Draw
26%
--
Bolton
40%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Bolton 1-0
9%
--
Bolton 2-1
9%
--
Shrewsbury 1-0
9%
--
Shrewsbury 2-1
8%
--
Bolton 2-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Shrewsbury 2-0
6%
--
Bolton 3-1
4%
--
Shrewsbury 3-1
3%
--
Bolton 3-0
3%
--
Bolton 3-2
3%
--
Shrewsbury 3-2
2%
--
Shrewsbury 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
55%
--
BTTS - No
45%
--
BTTS - Home Win
17%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
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BTTS - Away Win
19%
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Home/draw
60%
--
Away/draw
66%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
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Home DNB
52%
--
Away DNB
58%
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Shrewsbury win to nil
18%
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Bolton win to nil
21%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Shrewsbury have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 5 and won 6. Shrewsbury have conceded 44 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 12 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Shrewsbury have played 14 games at home, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 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
Shrewsbury
Bolton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2719622763 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 29
Mar 4
l
 
2-0A
2
Wycombe2917842559 
l
 
1-4A
Apr 1
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
3
Wrexham2916761855 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
4
Stockport2914871650 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 15
l
 
5-0A
5
Huddersfield2814681548 
Feb 18
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-4A
w
 
0-1F
6
L Orient28135101544 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
Feb 22
w
 
1-2F
7
Charlton281288844 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
8
Reading2813510244 
Mar 22
Feb 11
w
 
5-2F
l
 
1-0A
9
Bolton Away2913511044 
Feb 15
d
 
2-2F
-
-
10
Barnsley2912710243 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 26
l
 
1-2F
Apr 12
11
Stevenage271179240 
Feb 22
l
 
1-0A
May 3
w
 
1-4F
12
Lincoln2910910139 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
w
 
3-0F
Apr 21
13
Blackpool289118138 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1A
Mar 29
14
Mansfield2711412137 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
15
Rotherham2810711037 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 8
Mar 22
l
 
3-1A
16
Wigan289712-134 
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 1
17
Exeter299515-1332 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
18
Bristol R289415-1631 
Mar 4
l
 
1-0A
Apr 5
Mar 11
19
Peterborough298615-1030 
l
 
1-4F
Mar 1
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
20
Northampton297913-1730 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 21
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-4F
21
Burton2951014-1425 
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 8
22
Crawley276615-2124 
May 3
w
 
3-5F
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
23
Shrewsbury Home286517-2023 
-
-
d
 
2-2A
Feb 15
24
Cambridge285716-2122 
Apr 5
l
 
4-1A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Shrewsbury 23RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shrewsbury2 - 1Mansfield
Shrewsbury2 - 1Wrexham
Shrewsbury1 - 1Northampton
Shrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
Shrewsbury1 - 4Wycombe
Shrewsbury1 - 2Blackpool
Shrewsbury3 - 2Birmingham
Shrewsbury0 - 2Barnsley
Shrewsbury0 - 2Exeter
Shrewsbury0 - 2Stockport
Shrewsbury1 - 1Rotherham
Shrewsbury0 - 1Charlton
Shrewsbury3 - 0L Orient
Shrewsbury1 - 4Peterborough
Shrewsbury1 - 3L Orient
Shrewsbury0 - 2Wycombe
Shrewsbury1 - 1Oxford Utd
Shrewsbury1 - 0Carlisle
Shrewsbury0 - 3Exeter
Shrewsbury0 - 2Blackpool
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HShrewsbury2 - 1Mansfield
AShrewsbury0 - 1Stockport
AShrewsbury0 - 1Charlton
HShrewsbury2 - 1Wrexham
AShrewsbury0 - 1L Orient
AShrewsbury1 - 1Blackpool
HShrewsbury1 - 1Northampton
HShrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
AShrewsbury2 - 2Wigan
HShrewsbury1 - 4Wycombe
AShrewsbury1 - 4Cambridge
HShrewsbury1 - 2Blackpool
HShrewsbury3 - 2Birmingham
AShrewsbury0 - 2Burton
HShrewsbury0 - 2Barnsley
AShrewsbury0 - 1Bristol R
HShrewsbury0 - 2Exeter
AShrewsbury5 - 3Crawley
AShrewsbury2 - 2Bolton
HShrewsbury0 - 2Stockport
Bolton 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading1 - 0Bolton
Huddersfield0 - 1Bolton
Rotherham3 - 1Bolton
Exeter1 - 2Bolton
Mansfield2 - 1Bolton
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
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABolton0 - 1Reading
HBolton3 - 1Northampton
ABolton1 - 0Huddersfield
HBolton1 - 2Charlton
HBolton2 - 2Cambridge
ABolton1 - 3Rotherham
ABolton2 - 1Exeter
ABolton1 - 2Mansfield
HBolton3 - 0Lincoln
HBolton1 - 2Barnsley
ABolton0 - 0Wycombe
HBolton0 - 2Wigan
HBolton3 - 1Mansfield
ABolton1 - 1Cambridge
HBolton2 - 1Blackpool
ABolton0 - 5Stockport
ABolton4 - 1Stevenage
HBolton1 - 0Peterborough
ABolton0 - 2Birmingham
HBolton2 - 1Burton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Shrewsbury since 2017
Shrewsbury
Bolton
Goals: Scored
3
7
Games: Scored
1 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
3 / 4
SHR
1
BOL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shrewsbury
0 - 2Bolton
Shrewsbury3 - 2
0 - 1Bolton
0 - 2Bolton
League games at Bolton since 2016
Bolton
Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
10
7
Games: Scored
6 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
0 / 6
D
3
BOL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Bolton1 - 0
Bolton2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Bolton2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Shrewsbury Town's defensive record is very strong, Gareth Ainsworth's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive League One matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Bolton Wanderers makes sense in this context.

Shrewsbury 23rd Bolton 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 63% probability that Shrewsbury will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Shrewsbury have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
-4
Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/281022/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Shrewsbury
PG (predicted goals)
Bolton
1.3
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
SHR
BOL
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
SHR
BOL
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Shrewsbury League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
247410
M BenningJ MarquisM BenningA Pierre
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Lloyd FWD2752
5
-
M Benning DEF2614
9
-
J Marquis FWD2571
4
-
A Gilliead MID241
2
-
M Feeney DEF2211
6
-
L. Castledine MID222
4
-
L Hoole DEF211
5
-
F Ojo MID212
5
-
J Shipley MID202
3
-
T Savin GLK19
2
-
A Pierre DEF192
10
-
J Feeney DEF1911
2
-
T Perry MID18
5
-
T Nsiala DEF151
3
1
G Nurse DEF11
-
J Blackman GLK9
-
H Biggins MID5
1
-
D Gape MID2
-
C. Stewart FWD1
-
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
-
S Schön DEF2813
8
-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF284
4
-
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
-
A. Murphy DEF2
-
C Forino DEF2
-
K Etete FWD1
-