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Bolton vs West BromPremier League 2026

Bolton
Bolton
FT
22
HT: 10
West Brom
West Brom
B. Jones 72' (OG)
M. Petrov 24' (pen)
C. Brunt 75'
5/6/2012Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 37Reebok Stadium (Bolton)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 3+ matches

Bolton57%
×Draw24%
West Brom20%
Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Bolton
1.75
West Brom
0.92

Bolton creates 90% more chances

Season form · 3 home / 94 away

creates per match

Bolton
2.00
West Brom
0.84

allows per match

Bolton
1.00
West Brom
1.51

finishing

Bolton+0.00on par
West Brom+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

50%No
  • No50
  • Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bolton

West Brom
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
016%
023%
031%
040%
1
1012%
1111%
125%
132%
140%
2
2011%
2110%
224%
231%
240%
3
306%
316%
323%
331%
340%
4
403%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

Bolton or draw
80%
Bolton or West Brom
76%
Draw or West Brom
43%

Winning margin

Bolton wins by 2+
32%
West Brom wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Bolton 1+ goals
83%
Bolton 2+ goals
52%
Bolton 3+ goals
25%
West Brom 1+ goals
60%
West Brom 2+ goals
23%
West Brom 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Bolton (draw refunded)
74%
West Brom (draw refunded)
26%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
38%
Both score & under 3
11%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Bolton at homecreates 2.00, concedes 1.00 · 3 matches

West Brom awaycreates 0.84, concedes 1.51 · 94 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Bolton attack 2.00 + West Brom defence 1.51 → ÷2 → 1.75

West Brom attack 0.84 + Bolton defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 0.92

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 57%?"

Bolton scores more
57%
level
24%
West Brom scores more
20%

Bolton at 57% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 57% does not mean "Bolton will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Bolton
West
46'Z. KnightD. Wheater
68'I. KlasnicD. NGog
82'Chung-Yong LeeM. Petrov
73'J. MorrisonK. Andrews
78'P. ScharnerY. Mulumbu
81'S. CoxG. Dorrans

West Brom substitutes

Premier League: Bolton 2–2 West Brom

Bolton and West Brom drew 2-2 in Premier League on May 6, 2012.

Goals: M. Petrov (24' pen), B. Jones (72' o.g.), C. Brunt (75'), J. Morrison (90').

The match was played at Reebok Stadium (Bolton).