Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers

At long last, Bolton come into the Championship fresh off a promotion and seven long and painful years away from the second-tier of English football. Follow them through the season with Match Bingo, from results and goals down to individual player stats and performances.
Position
#18
Played
15
Points
17
W · D · L
5·2·8
EFL
Top Match
BOL
BOL
15:00
Sat 21 Nov 2026
POR
POR

Upcoming Fixtures

All the games coming up this season.
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BOL
BOL
15:00
Sat 21 Nov
POR
POR
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BOL
BOL
19:45
Wed 25 Nov
WBA
WBA
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BIR
BIR
15:00
Sat 28 Nov
BOL
BOL
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BOL
BOL
12:30
Sat 5 Dec
BLA
BLA
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SWA
SWA
19:45
Tue 8 Dec
BOL
BOL

The Latest Results

Possession
29.8%
70.2%
DER BOL
Shots 9 - 17
Yellow Cards 1 - 2
Attendance 27,536
Played on: 06 Nov 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
57.2%
42.8%
CHA BOL
Shots 14 - 11
Yellow Cards 1 - 1
Attendance 14,885
Played on: 03 Nov 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
64.9%
35.1%
BOL BRC
Shots 19 - 14
Yellow Cards 1 - 1
Attendance 21,706
Played on: 31 Oct 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
39.2%
60.8%
BOL MID
Shots 12 - 31
Attendance 26,257
Played on: 23 Oct 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
62.5%
37.5%
SOU BOL
Shots 14 - 14
Yellow Cards 2 - 4
Attendance 29,634
Played on: 17 Oct 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
61.6%
38.4%
WOL BOL
Shots 19 - 10
Yellow Cards 3 - 2
Attendance 28,730
Played on: 13 Oct 2026
Competition: EFL
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Inside Bolton's Form

17 Oct
D
0-0
Southampton
23 Oct
L
1-5
Middlesbrough
31 Oct
L
2-3
Bristol City
03 Nov
W
1-0
Charlton Athletic
06 Nov
L
1-3
Derby County
Top Scorer
Sam Dalby
6 goals
15 apps View profile
Top Assister
Gaizka Larrazabal
4 assists
19 KP View profile
Shot Stopper
Kyliane Dong
8 blocks
2 interceptions View profile
Goals Scored
20
1.33 per game
Goals Conceded
29
1.93 per game
Goal Difference
-9
18th in PL
Clean Sheets
4
27% of games
Total Assists
13
0.87 per game
Yellow Cards
24
1.6 per game
Pass Accuracy
81%
6,353 passes attempted

The Leaderboards

How Bolton stacks up
👑 Assist Kings
  • #11 Rúben Rodrigues Rúben Rodrigues 29 pts
  • #17 Gaizka Larrazabal Gaizka Larrazabal 27 pts
  • #39 Josh Sheehan Josh Sheehan 21 pts

Out of 488 ranked

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😈 Bad Boys
  • #26 Josh Sheehan Josh Sheehan 19 fouls
  • #73 Gaizka Larrazabal Gaizka Larrazabal 14 fouls
  • #102 Ethan Erhahon Ethan Erhahon 12 fouls

Out of 512 ranked

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👻 Ghost Players
  • #16 Ryan Hardie Ryan Hardie 21.06 pts
  • #28 Sam Dalby Sam Dalby 24.1 pts
  • #41 Theo Bair Theo Bair 25.67 pts

Out of 494 ranked

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🟨 Most Cards
  • #6 Josh Sheehan Josh Sheehan 6 pts
  • #88 Gaizka Larrazabal Gaizka Larrazabal 3 pts
  • #107 Luca Stephenson Luca Stephenson 2 pts

Out of 350 ranked

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🛡️ Most Clean Sheets
  • #18 Gavin Bazunu Gavin Bazunu 2 clean sheets
  • #20 Jack Bonham Jack Bonham 2 clean sheets

Out of 37 ranked

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🎯 Pass Master
  • #10 Josh Sheehan Josh Sheehan 683 passes
  • #69 Max Conway Max Conway 432 passes
  • #101 Chris Forino Chris Forino 352 passes

Out of 587 ranked

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🧤 Shot Stopper
  • #16 Gavin Bazunu Gavin Bazunu 0.451 pts
  • #19 Jack Bonham Jack Bonham 0.413 pts

Out of 37 ranked

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💪 Workhorses
  • #13 Jayden Nelson Jayden Nelson 0.603 pts
  • #17 Max Conway Max Conway 0.589 pts
  • #27 Ethan Erhahon Ethan Erhahon 0.562 pts

Out of 494 ranked

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Full Squad

28 players

Goalkeepers

1
Jack Bonham
Age 33
8 apps
31
Gavin Bazunu
Stoke City · Age 24
7 apps
23
David Harrington
Age 26
0 apps
13
Nathan Broome
Age 24
0 apps

Defenders

22
Gaizka Larrazabal
Age 28
14 apps 1g 4a
25
Max Conway
Age 23
14 apps 1a
14
Akin Famewo
Hull City · Age 28
11 apps
3
Chris Forino
Age 26
9 apps
5
Lewis Brunt
Wrexham · Age 26
9 apps
6
Ben Davies
Oxford United · Age 31
8 apps
18
Eoin Toal
Age 27
8 apps

Midfielders

8
Josh Sheehan
Age 31
15 apps 2g
21
Ethan Erhahon
Age 25
11 apps 1g
17
Atsuki Ito
Age 28
9 apps 2g 1a
4
Xavier Simons
Age 23
9 apps 1g
27
Luca Stephenson
Age 23
4 apps
12
David Watson
Age 21
1 app
54
Tobias Ritchie
Age 18
0 apps

Forwards

10
Sam Dalby
Age 26
15 apps 6g
11
Thierry Gale
Age 24
15 apps 3g 2a
16
Samuel Iling-Junior
Age 23
14 apps 1a
7
Kyliane Dong
Age 22
12 apps 1a
20
Rúben Rodrigues
Age 30
12 apps 2g 1a
39
Ryan Hardie
Huddersfield Town · Age 29
8 apps
9
Theo Bair
Age 27
8 apps 2g 1a
26
Jayden Nelson
Canada · Age 24
6 apps
45
John McAtee
Age 27
6 apps 1a
35
Max Lott
Age 19
3 apps

Seven years was more than enough

Bolton fans have waited a loooooong time for this. Seven years outside the Championship is a real stretch for a club that spent so much of its history higher up the pyramid.

Promotion brings a decent bit of swagger with it too. You’ve spent a year winning games, building momentum and getting used to coming out on top. The Championship will be a hell of a lot tougher, obviously, but Bolton should come into it with a little bit of confidence at least.

Sure, there’ll be a few harsh reality checks along the way. But that should make this season a really fun one to follow. Plenty of pressure, late drama and those little match moments that keep you on the edge of your seat. Seven years away was long enough. Now it gets interesting.

FAQs

Bolton came up from League One. After several (heartbreaking) seasons of near misses, they finally got promoted, and 2026/27 is the club's return to the second tier.
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The team section sets Bolton against the other 23 Championship clubs across goals scored, goals conceded, points won and discipline, so you can read the season without working through the full league table.
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Tom Davis • October 1st, 2026

Clean sheets in the Premier League and Championship

Five Premier League keepers have three clean sheets from five games, but Konstantinos Tzolakis has made the most saves of the group. In the Championship, George Wickens has matched Lawrence Vigouroux's four clean sheets while facing far more shots.
Tom Davis • September 30th, 2026

Eight Championship players are one yellow card from a ban

Eight Championship players are one yellow card away from a one-match ban. Card rates show who might be missing, and QPR should line up cover for Jake Clarke-Salter now.
Tom Davis • September 29th, 2026

Five Premier League games in and some players are already halfway to a ban

Matt Crooks has three yellows from three games for Hull. Our Most Cards and Bad Boys boards show who is closest to a Premier League ban after five matches.
Bingo • Tom Davis • September 4th, 2026

Match Bingo Game Modes Explained

There are three game types on Match Bingo and they behave less alike than they sound. Live Games follow a real fixture as it's played. Bingoals swaps the fifteen events for fifteen teams and needs every one of them to score. Quick Games run every few minutes on football from last season, so there's nothing to wait for.
Football News • Tom Davis • September 1st, 2026

Does a New Signing Change Anything on Your Match Bingo Card?

Deadline day comes and goes and your card stays exactly as it was. Match Bingo cards are built from things that happen in a match, goals and corners and fouls, rather than from the players who make them happen. No name on a teamsheet reaches a single square. Here's what a signing does change, and what it doesn't.
Bingo • Tom Davis • August 31st, 2026

Is Match Bingo Safe? Licensing, Fair Play and Player Protection

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Bingo • Tom Davis • August 28th, 2026

What Is Football Bingo?

A card holds fifteen things that can happen in a football match, and each square marks itself the moment its event happens in the fixture you've chosen. You buy before kick-off, then you go and watch the game. Complete a horizontal row of five before anybody else and you take the fixed prize for that tier.
Weekly Round Up • Tom Davis • August 27th, 2026

This Week on Match Bingo: Premier League and Championship, 28 to 31 August

A Friday night opener, a full Saturday, and Villa against Arsenal alone on the Monday.
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