📏 Form Guide
Bolton Wanderers DDWWWL
Bolton Wanderers will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-1 League One defeat in their last game at the hands of Wycombe Wanderers.
The only name on the scoresheet from Bolton Wanderers was Thierry Gale (16'). Jack Grimmer (40') and Junior Quitirna (43') scored for Wycombe Wanderers.
Their most recent results really do illustrate the point that there has been much resilience in the Bolton Wanderers rearguard. Bolton Wanderers have given the opposition little, resulting in the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their last 6 outings standing at 4.
Analysis of their past results shows that Bolton Wanderers:
- have not emerged victorious against Rotherham United in their last 5 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.
Rotherham United DDWLLL 📉
After suffering a loss in their previous game against Huddersfield Town in League One competition, Rotherham United will be aiming to make amends here.
The only player to score from Rotherham United was Sam Nombe (90'). Lynden Gooch (26'), Bojan Radulović (30') and Leo Castledine (44') scored for Huddersfield Town.
The stats don’t lie, and Rotherham United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals overall. Defensively, Rotherham United seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. Such a pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this next game, however.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Rotherham United:
- remain undefeated by Bolton Wanderers when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
- have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 14/09/2019 shows that Bolton Wanderers have won 1 of them and Rotherham United 5, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.
18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 from The Trotters and 14 belonging to The Millers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was EFL Trophy match day 1 on 02/09/2025 which ended up with the score at Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Rotherham United.
ℹ️ Team News: Rotherham United
Rotherham United manager Matt Hamshaw has not got a full squad to pick from. Tom Holmes (Collateral ligament tear) and Martin Sherif (unknown injury) will miss out on this game.
🧠 Prediction
For this match, we think that Bolton Wanderers are likely to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.
In contrast, Rotherham United may well find it hard to make a breakthrough although we do think it’s probable that they will be converting at least once.
We’re predicting a comfortable 3-1 winning score for Bolton Wanderers at the end of the match.