Stoke City vs Bolton Wanderers prediction and preview

Stoke City vs Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 27 February 2027, 15:00 UTC · Bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Stoke City · Bolton Wanderers · Championship predictions

The Championship fixture between Stoke City and Bolton Wanderers is scheduled for Saturday 27 February 2027 at 15:00 UTC at Bet365 Stadium in Stoke. Stoke City are 5th in the table with 26 points from 14, while Bolton Wanderers go into the round 17th, on 17 points from 14 games.

Stoke City come into the game with a W-W-D-W-L run in the league (3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5), while Bolton Wanderers's recent sequence reads W-L-L-D-W. Over their last 6, Stoke City have scored 1.5 and conceded 0.8 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Bolton Wanderers average 1.3 scored and 1.8 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Stoke City won 4, 3 games were drawn and Bolton Wanderers won 3. Those games averaged 2.6 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 10 Oct 2026, ended Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Stoke City.