Bolton vs Stoke City Prediction

Championship Championship · Regular Season - 9
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AI call Stoke City or draw
34%
30%
37%
Home Win Draw Away Win

Bolton vs Stoke City prediction: Sportiko gives Bolton a 34% chance of winning, Stoke City 37% and the draw 30%. Last updated 10 Oct 2026, 15:56.

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  • Over 1.5 Goals 75%
  • Away to Score 74%
  • 1st Half Draw or Away 74%
  • Home to Score 72%
  • 2nd Half Over 0.5 72%
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Timeline

▮ 20'
Maksym Talovierov Red Card
▮ 34'
Jack McGlynn Yellow Card
⇄ 45'
Justin Devenny ⇄ Luca Bombino
Ethan Erhahon ⇄ A. Ito
45' ⇄
⚽ 0–1 45+4'
Lamine Cissé assist: Ethan Galbraith
HT 0–1
Thierry Gale ⇄ Jayden Nelson
56' ⇄
Kyliane Dong ⇄ Samuel Iling Junior
56' ⇄
⚽ 0–2 62'
Ben Wilmot assist: Jack McGlynn
Rúben Rodrigues ⇄ Ryan Hardie
63' ⇄
⇄ 69'
Djibril Soumaré ⇄ B. Lawal
⇄ 69'
Lamine Cissé ⇄ George Hirst
⇄ 69'
Jack McGlynn ⇄ J. Tchamadeu
Max Conway Yellow Card
72' ▮
Ben Davies ⇄ Thelonius Bair
82' ⇄
Thelonius Bair assist: Gaizka Larrazabal
90+2' ⚽ 1–2
FT 1–2
Bolton

Match Stats

Stoke City
68% Ball Possession 32%
2.69 Expected Goals (xG) 0.71
29 Total Shots 9
5 Shots on Goal 4
12 Shots off Goal 4
12 Blocked Shots 1
21 Shots insidebox 6
7 Shots outsidebox 3
10 Corner Kicks 4
0 Offsides 2
8 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
2 Goalkeeper Saves 4
544 Total passes 262
496 Passes accurate 182
9 Free Kicks 8
Bolton
Player Rating Min G A Shots Passes Tackles
8 Josh Sheehan M 7.1 90' – – 3 95 (89%) 3
20 Rúben Rodrigues M 7.0 63' – – – 26 (20%) 3
26 Jayden Nelson F 6.9 34' – – 3 10 (9%) 1
18 Eoin Toal D 6.9 90' – – – 64 (64%) 1
21 Ethan Erhahon M 6.9 46' – – – 31 (29%) 1
6 Ben Davies D 6.7 82' – – – 62 (56%) –
16 Samuel Iling Junior F 6.6 34' – – 1 20 (17%) 1
25 Max Conway D 6.6 90' – – – 68 (66%) 3
39 Ryan Hardie F 6.5 27' – – 3 3 (2%) 1
9 Thelonius Bair F 6.4 8' – – – 1 (1%) –
31 G. Bazunu G 6.4 90' – – – 20 (19%) –
17 A. Ito M 6.3 44' – – 2 16 (15%) –
22 Gaizka Larrazabal D 6.2 90' – – 4 66 (56%) –
11 Thierry Gale M 6.1 56' – – 4 33 (31%) 1
10 Sam Dalby F 6.0 90' – – 4 8 (6%) –
7 Kyliane Dong M 5.8 56' – – 2 15 (11%) –
Stoke City
Player Rating Min G A Shots Passes Tackles
16 Ben Wilmot D 8.2 90' 1 – 2 24 (18%) –
8 Ethan Galbraith M 7.7 90' – 1 2 45 (32%) 1
11 Lamine Cissé F 7.6 69' 1 – 2 11 (6%) 1
5 Luke Graham D 7.4 90' – – – 18 (15%) 3
7 Jack McGlynn F 7.2 69' – 1 1 26 (18%) 2
21 Luca Bombino D 7.0 44' – – 1 5 (3%) 1
22 J. Tchamadeu D 7.0 21' – – – 1 (1%) –
1 Viktor Johansson G 6.8 90' – – – 35 (16%) –
18 B. Lawal D 6.8 21' – – 1 4 (1%) 1
27 Djibril Soumaré M 6.7 69' – – – 26 (22%) 2
2 Ben Johnson M 6.6 90' – – – 19 (14%) 3
17 Eric Bocat M 6.5 90' – – – 28 (23%) 1
15 George Hirst F 6.3 21' – – – 3 (1%) –
13 Justin Devenny F 6.3 46' – – – 13 (9%) –
40 Maksym Talovierov D 6.1 20' – – – 3 (3%) 1
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At a glance

Our lean
Stoke City or draw
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Bolton
LWLLD
Stoke City
WWWDW
Last 3 meetings Bolton · 1W 1D 1L
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Independent
Home
34%
10%
Draw
30%
45%
Away
37%
45%

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Players in form

Bolton
S. Dalby 6 gls
Stoke City
J. McGlynn 4 gls

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Head to Head: Bolton vs Stoke City

1 Bolton Wins
1 Draws
1 Stoke City Wins
Date Home Score Away
13 May 2012 Stoke City 2 - 2 Bolton
06 Nov 2011 Bolton 5 - 0 Stoke City
15 Jan 2011 Stoke City 2 - 0 Bolton
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Bolton — Recent Form

Date Opponent Result Score
06 Nov A Derby L 3 - 1
03 Nov A Charlton W 0 - 1
31 Oct H Bristol City L 2 - 3
23 Oct H Middlesbrough L 1 - 5
17 Oct A Southampton D 0 - 0

Stoke City — Recent Form

Date Opponent Result Score
07 Nov A Portsmouth W 1 - 2
03 Nov A Blackburn W 1 - 2
31 Oct H Preston W 2 - 0
24 Oct H Bristol City D 0 - 0
17 Oct A Derby W 0 - 1

Championship Standings

# Team P W D L GD Pts
1
Birmingham
15 8 5 2 +14 29
2
Middlesbrough
15 8 5 2 +11 29
3
Stoke City
15 9 2 4 +6 29
4
Wolves
15 8 4 3 +8 28
5
West Brom
15 8 4 3 +8 28
6
Swansea
15 8 2 5 +4 26
7
Southampton
15 8 4 3 +14 24
8
QPR
15 6 6 3 +6 24
9
West Ham
15 6 5 4 +14 23
10
Sheffield Utd
15 6 4 5 +2 22
11
Portsmouth
15 6 4 5 +2 22
12
Norwich
15 7 0 8 +8 21
13
Blackburn
15 6 3 6 -1 21
14
Cardiff
15 4 6 5 0 18
15
Wrexham
15 4 6 5 -2 18
16
Millwall
15 5 3 7 -4 18
17
Bristol City
15 5 3 7 -8 18
18
Bolton
15 5 2 8 -9 17
19
Charlton
15 4 5 6 -10 17
20
Watford
15 4 3 8 -10 15
21
Lincoln
15 4 3 8 -11 15
22
Burnley
15 1 7 7 -9 10
23
Derby
15 2 4 9 -16 10
24
Preston
15 2 2 11 -17 8

Stoke City

Formation: 3-4-3 Coach: M. Robins
1 Johansson
5 Graham
40 Talovierov
16 Wilmot
17 Bocat
8 Galbraith
27 Soumaré
2 Johnson
7 McGlynn
11 Cissé
13 Devenny

Starting XI

# Player Pos
1 V. Johansson G
16 B. Wilmot D
40 M. Talovierov D
5 L. Graham D
2 B. Johnson M
27 El Hadji Djibril Soumaré M
8 E. Galbraith M
17 E. Bocat M
13 J. Devenny F
11 L. Cissé F
7 J. McGlynn F

Substitutes

21 L. Bombino D
9 R. Boženík F
24 J. Griffiths G
15 G. Hirst F
18 B. Lawal D
42 M. Manhoef F
4 B. Pearson M
22 J. Tchamadeu D
10 Bae Jun-Ho M

Bolton

Formation: 4-2-3-1 Coach: S. Schumacher
31 Bazunu
25 Conway
6 Davies
18 Toal
22 Larrazabal
21 Erhahon
8 Sheehan
11 Gale
20 Rodrigues
7 Dong
10 Dalby

Starting XI

# Player Pos
31 G. Bazunu G
22 Gaizka Larrazabal D
18 E. Toal D
6 B. Davies D
25 M. Conway D
8 J. Sheehan M
21 E. Erhahon M
7 K. Dong M
20 Ruben Rodrigues M
11 T. Gale M
10 S. Dalby F

Substitutes

26 J. Nelson F
4 X. Simons M
9 T. Bair F
1 J. Bonham G
5 L. Brunt D
14 A. Famewo D
39 R. Hardie F
16 S. Iling-Junior F
17 A. Ito M

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