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    23rd October BOLTON - MIDDLESBROUGH

    PREVIEW

    • Fri 20:00 Bolton Vs Middlesbrough
    • Game for: 12th round of Championship
    • Take Place: Macron Stadium ( 28.100 )
    • Last Game: Bolton - Middlesbrough: 0-2
    • History of Games: 0-0-6
    • Predicted Score: Bolton 1 - 2 Middlesbrough

    Standing

    PTeamWDLPtsForm
    15Bolton42514DWLWWL
    3Middlesbrough64122DWWDDW

    15th (IN CHAMPIONSHIP )

    • League : This is the 6th home game this season.
    • Home Record : 2W - 0D - 3L
    • Last Game : Southampton - Bolton: 0-0
    • Next Game : 31 Oct Bolton - Bristol City

    3rd (IN CHAMPIONSHIP )

    • League : This is the 6th away game this season.
    • Away Record : 2W - 2D - 1L
    • Last Game : Middlesbrough - Cardiff: 2-2
    • Next Game : 31 Oct Middlesbrough - Charlton

    KEY STATS BASED ON LAST 6 GAMES

    • O 3.50
      OUOUOU
      		Bolton20:00Middlesbrough
      OOOUOO

    Probable Lineups

    ( 4-2-3-1 ) Bolton

    Middlesbrough ( 4-2-3-1 )

    • Bazunu
    • 7.0
    • Famewo
    • 6.7
    • Toal
    • 6.7
    • Brunt
    • 6.9
    • Larrazabal
    • 6.8
    • Erhahon
    • 6.6
    • Sheehan
    • 6.7
    • Gale
    • 6.6
    • Ito
    • 6.5
    • Iling-Junior
    • 6.4
    • Dalby
    • 6.9
    • Vítek
    • 6.5
    • Borges
    • 6.7
    • Phillips
    • 6.7
    • Malanda
    • 6.9
    • Brittain
    • 7.2
    • Berhalter
    • 7.0
    • Morris
    • 6.9
    • Conway
    • 6.6
    • McGree
    • 6.4
    • Cozier-Duberry
    • 7.5
    • Lankshear
    • 7.1
    • Player Index: how much of this team's football each player accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

    Injuries and Suspensions

    BoltonVsMiddlesbrough

    PlayerRatingStatus
    Chris Forino7.34 Out - injured
    PlayerRatingStatus
    Alfie Jones6.44 Out - injured
    Rokas Pukstas6.18 Out - injured
    David Strelec6.00 Out - injured
    • Rating: season rating out of 10; players without one yet show a dash. ★ marks a player this side particularly relies on.

    Team News

    • Bolton's main worry is an injury to centre-back Chris Forino ahead of Middlesbrough's arrival.

    • Ben Davies and Gaizka Larrazabal are likely to rejoin the Bolton defensive line on Friday evening.

    • Ethan Erhahon and Samuel Iling-Junior are also in line to start for the Trotters.

    • Will Lankshear and Sebastian Berhalter are both set to reappear in the Middlesbrough team.

    • Rokas Pukstas is one of three players currently injured in the away side's camp.

    Odds

    Bolton Win: 5.5

    DRAW: 4.33

    Middlesbrough Win: 1.49

    Prices are indicative and sourced from a range of bookmakers, and may differ from those of any individual bookmaker.

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    Game Analysis

    • A heavy favourite, with the price to match. Middlesbrough is the shortest price on a book of 5.5 / 4.33 / 1.49 (1 / X / 2), an implied 61.9%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 16.8% / 21.3% / 61.9% on an overround of 8.4%.

    • In the league table Bolton sit 15th on 14 points (4W 2D 5L) with Middlesbrough 3rd on 22 points (6W 4D 1L).

    • Bolton read D-W-L-W-W-L across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (3W 1D 2L) — patchy.

    • Middlesbrough read D-W-W-D-D-W across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (3W 3D 0L) — a strong recent run.

    • Head to head the record reads 0-0-6 — Bolton wins, draws, then Middlesbrough wins. Their last meeting finished Bolton - Middlesbrough: 0-2.

    • Our last-six model flags 1 qualifying strike here. Reading Bolton first, then Middlesbrough, out of their last six: O 3.50 3 and 5.

    • Bolton team news: Bolton's main worry is an injury to centre-back Chris Forino ahead of Middlesbrough's arrival.

    • Bolton team news: Ben Davies and Gaizka Larrazabal are likely to rejoin the Bolton defensive line on Friday evening.

    • Middlesbrough team news: Will Lankshear and Sebastian Berhalter are both set to reappear in the Middlesbrough team.

    • Middlesbrough team news: Rokas Pukstas is one of three players currently injured in the away side's camp.

    • Bolton are without 1 — Chris Forino (Out - injured).

    • Middlesbrough are without 3 — Alfie Jones (Out - injured), Rokas Pukstas (Out - injured), David Strelec (Out - injured).

    • Early lineups are in: Bolton set up 4-2-3-1 against 4-2-3-1. See the pitch graphic above for the full XI.

    • Bolton lean hardest on Samuel Iling-Junior (8.8), Josh Sheehan (8.4), Ethan Erhahon (8.4) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

    • Chris Forino is out for Bolton — index 6.1, against 8.2 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

    • Middlesbrough lean hardest on Riley McGree (9.5), Callum Brittain (9.5), Aidan Morris (9.5) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

    • Alfie Jones is out for Middlesbrough — index 6.5, against 9.0 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

    • The projected score for this one is Bolton 1 - 2 Middlesbrough, an away win by 1 with 3 goals in it — on the right side of the 2.5 line.

    • The read: Middlesbrough at 1.49 is heavily fancied away from home. Backing a favourite at that price only makes sense on the handicap.

    • This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 08:50 on 22nd October 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.


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    Written by: BTFNews

    Date: 06:50 22 Oct, 2026

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