Wolves vs Bolton Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: Wolves flying, Bolton stumbling

Wolves have won four of their last seven Championship games, including a home win over West Brom and away victories at Sheffield United and Preston. The only real dip was a 4-2 defeat at West Ham, but they've kept picking up points since.

Wolves: 20 completed matches; Bolton: 20 completed matches.

Wolves

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

23

Difference

+7

Bolton

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

28

Difference

+1

Bolton's return to the Championship has been bumpier. Three wins from their last eight, with four defeats mixed in, though they did pull off a big 4-3 win away at Norwich most recently. Consistency's been the issue rather than a total lack of quality.

Wolves' recent home form looks the sturdier platform going into this one.

Comparative Team Statistics: Wolves vs Bolton

A history that dates back a while

These two have met plenty of times before, mostly in the Championship and Premier League between 2010 and 2018. The last meeting, back in 2018, saw Wolves win 4-0 away at Bolton. That result, and most of the others in this record, come from a different era for both clubs, well before this promotion and relegation shuffle, so it's not much of a guide to how either side lines up now.

Where they sit in the table

Wolves are fourth after seven games, with 14 points from four wins, two draws and just the one defeat. Bolton are down in 15th, on 10 points from eight games, having lost four of those. It's an eight-place gap and a fairly clear points-per-game difference between the two clubs early in the season.

That gap lines up neatly with the shape of their recent form.

Players making the difference

Fer López has been Wolves' main source of goals, with four in seven appearances plus a couple of assists. For Bolton, T. Gale leads the way with three goals in eight games. Bolton's J. Sheehan has already picked up a yellow and a red card across his eight matches, a disciplinary note worth keeping an eye on, though it doesn't confirm anything about his availability for this particular game.

Wolves:

Best scorers:

Fer López - 4

Best assist providers:

Fer López - 2

Bolton:

Best scorers:

T. Gale - 3

Penalty cards:

J. Sheehan x 1 x 1

How this one might play out

Both teams have been leaking goals. Wolves have shipped 10 in seven league games, Bolton 15 in eight, and both have scored freely too. That points to an open contest rather than anything tight and cagey. Wolves' home platform and the bigger points gap give them the edge to control things, but Bolton's away form has shown flashes, including that recent win at Norwich, so they won't simply sit back and absorb pressure.