Bolton Wanderers vs Bristol City — match summary
England · Championship · kick-off 31 Oct 2026 22:00
Full time · score 2-3
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Bolton Wanderers 31 · Bristol City 39
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Bolton Wanderers 53 · Bristol City 61
Shots on target 6-7 · corners 11-4 · possession 66-34
NextGOAL tip: Bolton Wanderers +0.25 · 4 stars
Bolton Wanderers and Bristol City meet in the Championship with both sides still far from settled. The hosts sit 18th with 14 points from 12 matches, while the visitors are 14th with 15 points from the same number of games, so both teams need points here to move away from the lower reaches of the table. Bolton Wanderers lost 1-5 in their latest match, and across the season they have scored 16 and conceded 23 in 12 games, reflecting a defence that is still clearly leaking. Bristol City, meanwhile, arrive on a run of 4 matches without a win, but within that they lost only 0-1 twice and drew 0-0 once, so the defence has not collapsed entirely, though the attack has not produced many goals either, scoring 12 and conceding 15 in 12 matches. The pattern should be the hosts seeing slightly more of the ball and trying to push forward, but they must beware the spells when Bolton Wanderers concede most often, in the 31-45 minute window, which is also when Bristol City concede most. The first thing to watch after kick-off is how quickly the hosts settle, because if they let the visitors take the middle of the pitch first, the game will drift in a direction where the hosts are chasing.