Bolton - Preston

Logo Bolton
Bolton
-
Championship Season 2026 - Round 1
2 - 1
Finished
Referee: Adam Herczeg
Logo Preston
Preston
-

Result

Ball possession

55%
45%

Timeline

13'
Alistair McCann
Sam Dalby
1-0
14'
Thierry Mikael Gale
2-0
25'
27'
Jordan Thompson
42'
Pol Valentín Sancho
Josh Sheehan
48'
64'
Pol Valentín Sancho (out)
Odeluga Offiah (in)
64'
Jordan Thompson (out)
Leo Leroy (in)
64'
Callum Lang (out)
Jusef Erabi (in)
Gaizka Larrazabal Goikoetxea (out)
Samuel Iling (in)
75'
John McAtee (out)
Ryan Hardie (in)
75'
79'
Andrew Hughes (out)
Andrija Vukčević (in)
79'
Delano Burgzorg (out)
Thierr Small (in)
Max Conway (out)
Eoin Toal (in)
82'
Luca Stephenson (out)
Lewis Brunt (in)
85'
Thierry Mikael Gale (out)
Kyliane Dong (in)
85'
86'
2-1
Jusef Erabi
Chris Forino-Joseph
88'

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Unibet William Hill
1 Bolton 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.25 2.20 2.20 2.25 2.18 2.23 2.21 2.10 2.20
X Draw 3.30 3.32 3.20 3.30 3.30 3.50 3.40 3.40 3.32 3.38 3.02 3.35 3.20
2 Preston 3.20 3.20 3.10 3.30 3.30 3.20 3.20 3.35 3.20 3.27 2.88 3.35 3.10

Previous confrontations (H2H)

2 Bolton
3 Draw
3 Preston
50% Over 2.5 goals
50% Both teams scored
2.1 Goals per match
Logo Bolton 4 | Logo Preston 2 Clean sheets
🔥 Bolton won the last 2 head-to-head meetings
Biggest win: Bolton 2-0 Preston (2025)
Most goals: Preston 2-2 Bolton (2018)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Bolton
1.00
Logo Preston
1.13
Goals in home matches
Logo Bolton
1.20
Logo Preston
0.67
Goals in away matches
Logo Bolton
0.67
Logo Preston
1.40
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Won 😎
Bolton
-
Bolton 3
2
Preston
-
Preston 2
0
Won 😀
Bolton
-
Bolton
1
Preston
-
Preston
0
Won 😎
Bolton
-
Bolton 2
1
Preston
-
Preston
2
Draw 🤔
Preston
-
Preston
2
Bolton
-
Bolton 3
2
Won 😎
Bolton
-
Bolton 2
1
Preston
-
Preston 4
3
Draw 🤔
Preston
-
Preston 2
0
Bolton
-
Bolton 3
0
Won 😎
Bolton
-
Bolton
1
Preston
-
Preston 2
2
Draw 🤔
Preston
-
Preston
0
Bolton
-
Bolton
0

Stats

Bolton
Preston
6
Shots on goal
3
9
Shots off goal
4
15
Total shots
10
1
Blocked shots
3
7
Shots inside box
9
8
Shots outside box
1
12
Fouls
11
5
Corners
2
3
Offsides
7
2
Yellow cards
3
2
Goalkeeper saved
3
402
Total passes
330
311
Passes success
233
77%
Passes %
71%
1.10
Expected goals (xG)
1.12
-0.03
Goals prevented
-0.03

Stadion

Stadion name

University of Bolton Stadium

Capacity

28723

Address

Burnden Way
Bolton

table 2026

Championship
Team Pts
Swansea Swansea 17
West Ham United West Ham United 15
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 15
Wolves Wolves 14
West Brom West Brom 14
QPR QPR 13
Stoke City Stoke City 13
Bristol City Bristol City 13
Charlton Charlton 12
Birmingham Birmingham 11
Millwall Millwall 11
Lincoln Lincoln 11
Southampton Southampton 10
Wrexham Wrexham 10
Norwich Norwich 9
Blackburn Blackburn 9
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 9
Portsmouth Portsmouth 8
Watford Watford 8
Cardiff Cardiff 7
Bolton Bolton 7
Derby Derby 5
Preston Preston 4
Burnley Burnley 4
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Bolton Bolton — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Steven Schumacher
1
Jack Bonham
27
Luca Stephenson
3
Chris Forino-Joseph
14
Akin Famewo
25
Max Conway
8
Josh Sheehan
21
Ethan Erhahon
22
Gaizka Larrazabal Goikoetxea
45
John McAtee
11
Thierry Mikael Gale
10
Sam Dalby
28
Milutin Osmajić
37
Delano Burgzorg
10
Callum Lang
7
Alfie Devine
15
Jordan Thompson
8
Alistair McCann
16
Andrew Hughes
6
Liam Lindsay
14
Jordan Storey
2
Pol Valentín Sancho
1
Daniel Iversen
Preston — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Preston
Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

Substitutes

Substitutes Bolton

Name Age Position
David Harrington - Goalkeeper
Ben Davies 31 Defender
Cyrus Christie 33 Defender
Eoin Toal 27 Defender
Lewis Brunt 25 Midfielder
David Watson 21 Midfielder
Samuel Iling 22 Midfielder
Ryan Hardie 29 Attacker
Kyliane Dong 21 Attacker

Substitutes Preston

Name Age Position
Lee Nicholls 33 Goalkeeper
Andrija Vukčević 29 Defender
Odeluga Offiah 23 Defender
Thierr Small - Defender
Andrew Moran 22 Defender
Leo Leroy 26 Midfielder
Jusef Erabi 23 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
11 Logo Bolton Thierry Mikael Gale 8.2 85 Midfielder 1 0 3 1 23 2 16 1 - - 10 7 5 4 - 2 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Bolton Sam Dalby 7.5 90 Attacker 1 0 2 2 19 1 12 1 - 1 17 8 1 - 2 2 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Bolton Jack Bonham 7.3 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 44 - 25 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 2 1 0 0 0
3 Logo Bolton Chris Forino-Joseph 7.2 90 Defender - 0 1 1 38 - 34 4 1 3 12 8 - - 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Bolton Max Conway 7.2 82 Defender - 0 - - 44 2 37 1 1 1 7 5 1 1 - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Bolton Josh Sheehan ©️ 7.2 90 Midfielder - 0 4 1 58 2 42 2 - 1 9 4 1 - 3 2 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Bolton Ethan Erhahon 7.2 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 46 1 39 1 1 1 5 2 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Preston Liam Lindsay 7.2 90 Defender - 0 2 - 38 - 27 - 1 1 11 7 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Preston Odeluga Offiah (sub) 7.2 26 Defender - 0 - - 11 - 10 2 - - 3 3 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Preston Andrija Vukčević (sub) 7.2 11 Defender - 1 - - 6 1 3 - - 2 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Preston Jusef Erabi (sub) 7.0 26 Attacker 1 0 2 1 4 1 4 - - - 5 1 1 - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo Preston Leo Leroy (sub) 6.9 27 Midfielder - 0 - - 12 1 9 1 - - 6 3 2 2 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Bolton Akin Famewo 6.6 90 Defender - 0 - - 42 - 40 1 - 3 9 4 1 - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Preston Andrew Hughes 6.6 79 Defender - 0 - - 22 - 13 2 - 1 9 8 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Preston Alistair McCann ©️ 6.6 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 42 2 37 4 - - 11 6 2 1 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Preston Jordan Thompson 6.6 63 Midfielder - 0 - - 33 1 27 1 - - 7 5 - - 2 4 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Preston Thierr Small (sub) 6.6 11 Defender - 0 - - 3 - 2 - - - 3 1 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Bolton Gaizka Larrazabal Goikoetxea 6.5 75 Midfielder - 0 1 - 22 1 16 1 - 1 6 2 1 - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Bolton Samuel Iling (sub) 6.5 15 Attacker - 0 - - 8 - 5 - - - 2 - 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
39 Logo Bolton Ryan Hardie (sub) 6.5 15 Attacker - 0 - - 2 - 2 1 - - 3 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Preston Daniel Iversen 6.5 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 41 - 19 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 3 2 0 0 0
10 Logo Preston Callum Lang 6.5 64 Midfielder - 0 1 1 11 - 4 2 - - 9 4 - - 1 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
28 Logo Preston Milutin Osmajić 6.5 90 Attacker - 0 1 1 9 - 5 - - - 5 1 2 1 2 - 0 0 3 - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo Bolton Luca Stephenson 6.3 85 Defender - 0 1 - 32 1 24 - - 2 8 2 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
45 Logo Bolton John McAtee 6.3 75 Midfielder - 1 3 1 16 1 12 1 - - 9 3 1 - 2 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Bolton Lewis Brunt (sub) 6.3 10 Defender - 0 - - 4 - 3 - - - 2 2 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Bolton Kyliane Dong (sub) 6.3 10 Attacker - 0 - - 2 - 2 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
37 Logo Preston Delano Burgzorg 6.3 79 Midfielder - 0 - - 10 - 8 - - - 4 1 - - - 1 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo Bolton Eoin Toal (sub) 6.2 8 Defender - 0 - - 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Preston Jordan Storey 6.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 46 - 35 1 - 1 10 7 - - 2 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Preston Alfie Devine 6.2 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 29 3 22 1 - 1 6 2 1 - - 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Preston Pol Valentín Sancho 5.3 64 Defender - 0 - - 13 - 8 2 - 1 10 2 1 - 2 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Bolton David Harrington (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Bolton Cyrus Christie (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Bolton Ben Davies (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Bolton David Watson (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Preston Lee Nicholls (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Preston Andrew Moran (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -