Championship · Match preview
Bolton Wanderers 2–1 
Preston North End
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Toughsheet Community Stadium
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Match overview
Final score: Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Preston North End.
Bolton Wanderers are 15th in the Championship table with 14 points from 11 matches; Preston North End are 24th with 4 points from 11.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Bolton Wanderers to win at 57% probability, and it came in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Bolton Wanderers to win
- Probability
- 57%
- Outcome
- Came in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Championship record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Preston North End | 2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0% | 50% | 0% |
Championship average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Championship table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 4-2-5 | 15:18 | 14 |
| 24. | Preston North End | 11 | 1-1-9 | 9:24 | 4 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Bolton Wanderers
- ASheffield Wednesday1–0L
- HNAC Breda1–0W
- HEverton0–0D
Preston North End
- HHuddersfield Town1–1D
- AStockport County1–0L
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.