Preston North End VS Bolton Wanderers Match Prediction

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Preston North End
VS
Bolton Wanderers

Our Prediction Tip

Draw will win this match.

Preston and Bolton will meet for the 65th time on Friday night. The tie has been quite a close one, though Preston have the most wins at 23. They also have drawn 21 times and lost 20 times to Bolton  Here's a look at the last three results, the only ones since 2001:

Jul 30, 2016: Bolton 0-0 PNE (Friendly)
Mar 12, 2016: Bolton 1-2 PNE
Oct 31, 2015: PNE 0-0 Bolton

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Preston vs Bolton Betting Tips and Odds

Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:

Preston North End are at ¾ to win, a draw is at 11/4, and a Bolton win is at 10/3.

Preston are favored to win by some distance in this match by the bookmakers, but the run Bolton are on at the moment could make a punt on them a very good move.

Preston have not been doing well of late, and they have been sliding down the Championship table as a result. No wins in their last six matches has erased some very encouraging early season form that had seen them lose just once in their first ten matches of the season. They are capable of being better, but they have not shown so lately.

Bolton have had the opposite run. They began the season with no wins in their first 12 matches. They still have just two wins, but they have picked up points in each of their last five. They will hope that the international break did not derail their good run, and that it didn't help to restore Preston's.

A no on both teams to score looks a solid bet given their recent matches played with one another. That is at evens via Ladbrokes.

Preston vs Bolton Prediction

Bolton continues their upswing in form with a nice result at Preston.

Correct Score Prediction: Preston North End 0-0 Bolton

 

Team News

Alex Neil will be without center back Tom Clarke and left back Greg Cunningham due to injuries. Forward Jordan Hugill will be serving a suspension in this match.

Key Man

With top goal scorer Hugill out for this match, Preston will have to look elsewhere. One man that was signed with a lot of hope in the summer was Irish striker Sean Maguire. The former Cork City man had been tearing up the League of Ireland, and he has settled fairly well in the Championship thus far with four goals to his name and had an Irish call up for the World Cup playoffs.

Team Form

Preston have four losses and a draw in their last five matches:

3-0 loss at Ipswich
0-2 home loss vs Aston Villa
2-3 home loss vs Brentford
3-2 loss at Wolves
2-2 draw at Fulham

Preston Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-2-3-1

Preston likely XI

  • Goalkeeper:Maxwell

  • Defenders:Fisher, Huntington, Boyle, O'Connor

  • Defensive Midfielders:Pearson, Welsh

  • Attacking Midfielders:Barkhuizen, Browne, Johnson

  • Forwards:Maguire

Team News

Phil Parkinson has an ankle injury to center midfielder Josh Vela that continues to see him miss time.

Key Man

Bolton have found goals hard to come by this season, but when they have scored them more often than not striker Gary Madine has been at the very center of the cause. They have scored just 13 total as a team, but the 27 year old has been involed with seven of them. He has four goals and three assists so far to boost his team's chances of survival, which looked bleak mere weeks ago.

Team Form

Bolton have two wins and three draws in their last five matches:

2-1 home win vs Norwich
3-3 draw at Sunderland
1-1 draw at Fulham
1-1 home draw vs QPR
1-1 home draw vs Sheffield Wednesday

Bolton Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-2-3-1

Bolton likely XI

  • Goalkeeper:Alnwick

  • Defenders:Little, Wheater, Beevers, Robinson

  • Defensive Midfielders:Pratley, Henry

  • Attacking Midfielders:Ameobi, Vela, Armstrong

  • Forwards:Madine

Bolton come into this match on 11 points and in 23rd place, but they have nearly gotten all of their points from their last five matches. That form has to encourage them a great deal, and they should be very confident about going to Preston and getting a win. The home side are ten points ahead of Bolton in 14th place, but they have been playing very poorly. Bolton could and probably should expect a result.
Bolton have picked up nine out of their 11 points in their last five matches.