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    10th October BOLTON - STOKE

    PREVIEW

    • Sat 15:00 Bolton Vs Stoke
    • Game for: 9th round of Championship
    • Take Place: Macron Stadium ( 28.100 )
    • Predicted Score: Bolton 1 - 2 Stoke

    Standing

    PTeamWDLPtsForm
    15Bolton31410WWLLLL
    7Stoke41313WWDWWL

    15th (IN CHAMPIONSHIP )

    • League : This is the 5th home game this season.
    • Home Record : 2W - 0D - 2L
    • Last Game : Norwich - Bolton: 3-4
    • Next Game : 13 Oct Wolverhampton - Bolton

    7th (IN CHAMPIONSHIP )

    • League : This is the 5th away game this season.
    • Away Record : 1W - 1D - 2L
    • Last Game : Stoke - Sheffield United: 2-1
    • Next Game : 13 Oct Stoke - Middlesbrough

    Probable Lineups

    ( 4-2-3-1 ) Bolton

    Stoke ( 3-4-2-1 )

    • Bazunu
    • 7.3
    • Conway
    • 6.9
    • Davies
    • 6.6
    • Toal
    • 6.4
    • Larrazabal
    • 6.7
    • Erhahon
    • 6.7
    • Sheehan
    • 6.5
    • Gale
    • 6.8
    • Ito
    • 6.7
    • Iling-Junior
    • 6.4
    • Dalby
    • 7.0
    • Johansson
    • 6.5
    • Graham
    • 7.0
    • Talovierov
    • 6.4
    • Wilmot
    • 6.8
    • Bocat
    • 6.9
    • Devenny
    • 7.1
    • Soumaré
    • 6.6
    • Johnson
    • 7.0
    • McGlynn
    • 7.0
    • Cissé
    • 6.7
    • Hirst
    • 6.3
    • 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

    BoltonVsStoke

    PlayerRatingStatus
    Luca Stephenson6.81 Out - injured
    Lewis Brunt6.71 Out - injured
    PlayerRatingStatus
    Ethan Galbraith7.14 Doubtful - injured
    Bosun Lawal6.73 Out - injured
    Aaron Cresswell- Out - injured
    Ato Ampah- Out - unfit
    Svante Ingelsson5.14 Out - injured
    • Rating: season rating out of 10; players without one yet show a dash. ★ marks a player this side particularly relies on.

    Odds

    Bolton Win: 2.65

    DRAW: 3.4

    Stoke Win: 2.45

    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

    • Bookmakers have this as close to a coin toss as the 1X2 market gets. Stoke is the shortest price on a book of 2.65 / 3.4 / 2.45 (1 / X / 2), an implied 37.8%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 35.0% / 27.2% / 37.8% on an overround of 8.0%.

    • The draw is unusually well backed at 3.4 (27.2%), which normally points to a cagey, low-scoring game rather than an open one.

    • In the league table Bolton sit 15th on 10 points (3W 1D 4L) with Stoke 7th on 13 points (4W 1D 3L).

    • Bolton read W-W-L-L-L-L across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (2W 0D 4L) — poor.

    • Stoke read W-W-D-W-W-L across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (4W 1D 1L) — a strong recent run.

    • Bolton are without 2 — Luca Stephenson (Out - injured), Lewis Brunt (Out - injured).

    • Stoke are without 5 — Ethan Galbraith (Doubtful - injured), Bosun Lawal (Out - injured), Aaron Cresswell (Out - injured), Ato Ampah (Out - unfit), Svante Ingelsson (Out - injured).

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

    • Bolton lean hardest on Max Conway (7.7), Samuel Iling-Junior (7.7), Thierry Gale (7.7) 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.

    • Lewis Brunt is out for Bolton — index 7.0, against 8.7 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

    • Stoke lean hardest on George Hirst (6.6), Ben Johnson (6.6), Ben Wilmot (6.6) 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.

    • Ethan Galbraith is out for Stoke — index 5.8, against 9.1 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

    • Bosun Lawal is out for Stoke — index 6.2, against 9.0 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

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

    • The read: Everything here points at a tight, low-tempo game. The draw at 3.4 is the selection the numbers keep coming back to, and the unders are the natural second look.

    • This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 08:50 on 9th October 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.


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    Written by: BTFNews

    Date: 06:50 09 Oct, 2026

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