Championship (England) WON 2–3
Tue, Sep 8 · 21:00 · Toughsheet Community Stadium
Bolton Home
VS
West Ham Away
Bolton vs West Ham — Championship
Tipster's pick Bolton or West Ham
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.25 Odds via William Hill
Our estimate74%
This price needs80%
Expert analysis

West Ham Scoring Edge Points to Decisive Result

West Ham enter this fixture with stronger recent results including two wins in their last five outings while Bolton have managed just one victory in the same span. Bolton average under a goal per game this season and have failed to score in three of their last five matches which limits their ability to force a stalemate. West Ham have netted at a rate of 2.2 goals per game overall and continue to create chances even on the road where they average 1.5 goals. Head to head meetings show no draws across the last three encounters with each side claiming victory once in that sequence. Bolton’s defensive record concedes nearly two goals per match on average making it harder for them to contain West Ham’s attacking output. The absence of key midfielder Soucek for West Ham has not slowed their forward momentum based on the latest form trends.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
2–3 WON

Our pick “Bolton or West Ham” at odds 1.25 won — final score 2–3.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Ollie Scarles 7'
  3. Jarrod Bowen 13'
  4. Ethan Erhahon 18'
  5. Ruben Rodrigues Penalty 27'
  6. Konstantinos Mavropanos assist Arne Engels 31'
  7. Second half
  8. Joël Veltman ↓ Kyle Walker-Peters 57'
  9. Manor Solomon ↓ Edvin Austbö 58'
  10. Konstantinos Mavropanos 62'
  11. Joel Piroe ↓ Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus 66'
  12. Lewis Orford ↓ Divine Mukasa 67'
  13. Thierry Gale ↓ Samuel Iling 67'
  14. Jayden Nelson ↓ Kyliane Dong 73'
  15. Jarrod Bowen assist Joël Veltman 77'
  16. John Mcatee ↓ Ethan Erhahon 84'
  17. Ryan Hardie ↓ Sam Dalby 84'
  18. Felipe Morato ↓ Ollie Scarles 84'
This season
Bolton West Ham
Over 2.5 goals 0% 40%
Clean sheet 20% 20%
Failed to score 60% 0%
Scored per game 0.8 2.2
Conceded per game 1.8 1.4
Scored home / away 1.0 / 0.7 2.7 / 1.5

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
7 MIL Millwall 5 3 0 2 9
8 WES West Ham ▲ 5 2 2 1 8
9 WOL Wolves 4 2 1 1 7
10 WRE Wrexham 5 1 3 1 6
11 BIR Birmingham 4 1 3 0 6
12 NOR Norwich 5 2 0 3 6
13 STO Stoke City 5 2 0 3 6
14 POR Portsmouth 5 2 0 3 6
15 SHE Sheffield Utd 5 1 3 1 6
16 BLA Blackburn 5 1 2 2 5
17 WAT Watford 5 1 2 2 5
18 LIN Lincoln 5 1 2 2 5
19 SOU Southampton 5 2 2 1 4
20 DER Derby 5 1 1 3 4
21 BOL Bolton ▲ 5 1 1 3 4
22 CAR Cardiff 5 0 3 2 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Bolton WDLLL
W vs Preston 2–1 Aug 15
D @ QPR 0–0 Aug 22
L vs Lincoln 0–1 Aug 29
L @ Sheffield Utd 2–3 Sep 1
L @ Millwall 0–4 Sep 5
West Ham LWDWW
L vs Charlton 1–2 Aug 22
W @ Southampton 4–1 Aug 25
D @ Watford 1–1 Aug 29
W vs Wolves 4–2 Sep 1
W vs Derby 3–0 Sep 5
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Bolton
Scored 0.8 avg
2 0 0 2 0
Conceded 1.8 avg
1 0 1 3 4
West Ham
Scored 2.6 avg
1 4 1 4 3
Conceded 1.2 avg
2 1 1 2 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Bolton
0 Draws
1 West Ham
Sep 2017 West Ham 3–0 Bolton West Ham
Apr 2011 Bolton 3–0 West Ham Bolton
Aug 2010 West Ham 1–3 Bolton Bolton

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 3 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Bolton 4-2-3-1
  • 31 G. Bazunu G
  • 22 Gaizka Larrazabal D
  • 18 E. Toal D
  • 3 C. Forino-Joseph D
  • 25 M. Conway D
  • 8 J. Sheehan M
  • 21 E. Erhahon M
  • 16 S. Iling-Junior M
  • 20 Ruben Rodrigues M
  • 7 K. Dong M
  • 10 S. Dalby F
Bench X. Simons, J. Nelson, J. McAtee, A. Ito, R. Hardie, T. Gale, B. Davies, J. Bonham, T. Bair

S. Schumacher

West Ham 4-4-1-1
  • 1 M. Hermansen G
  • 2 K. Walker-Peters D
  • 15 K. Mavropanos D
  • 3 M. Kilman D
  • 30 O. Scarles D
  • 20 J. Bowen M
  • 7 A. Engels M
  • 17 M. Kanté M
  • 35 E. Austbö M
  • 14 D. Mukasa M
  • 19 Pablo F
Bench J. Veltman, M. Solomon, J. Piroe, L. Orford, Morato, K. Lamadrid, F. Herrick, A. Boiro, J. Ajala

Nuno Espírito Santo

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Bolton
  • OUT J. Sheehan Red Card
  • OUT L. Stephenson Injury
  • DOUBT L. Brunt Injury
  • DOUBT G. Larrazabal Injury
  • OUT J. Sheehan Red Card
  • OUT L. Stephenson Injury
  • DOUBT L. Brunt Injury
  • DOUBT G. Larrazabal Injury
West Ham
  • OUT T. Soucek Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Castellanos Injury
  • DOUBT Pablo Calf Injury
  • OUT T. Soucek Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Castellanos Injury
  • DOUBT Pablo Calf Injury