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Bolton Wanderers vs Barnsley

7 Feb 2026, 15:01 · League One · 2025/2026

18 completed meetings

League One 2025/2026 · 18 matches

4.06yellow cards per match18 matches with data
1red cards per match1 matches with data
21.83fouls per match18 matches with data
2.02Post-match xG0.76

As it happened

Match timeline

Bolton WanderersMinBarnsley
  1. S. Dalby 1-0

    Goal · Header

    With: K. Dempsey

    Header

    ⚽
    5′
  2. S. Dalby 2-0

    Goal · Left foot shot

    Left foot shot

    ⚽
    19′
  3. K. Dempsey

    Yellowcard

    Foul

    29′
  4. J. McAtee 3-0

    Goal · Right foot shot

    With: S. Dalby

    Right foot shot

    ⚽
    32′
  5. C. Forino

    Yellowcard

    Foul

    45+2′
  6. 46′
    ⇄

    M. de Gevigney

    Substitution

    Off: Eoghan O'Connell

  7. 46′
    ⇄

    Patrick Kelly

    Substitution

    Off: David McGoldrick

  8. 46′
    ⇄

    Nathanael Ogbeta

    Substitution

    Off: T. Watson

  9. 46′
    ⇄

    A. Phillips

    Substitution

    Off: Reyes Cleary

  10. 57′
    ⚽

    L. Connell 3-1

    Goal · Left foot shot

    With: Scott Banks

    Left foot shot

  11. 60′
    ⚽

    A. Phillips 3-2

    Goal · Right foot shot

    With: Scott Banks

    Right foot shot

  12. Thierry Gale

    Substitution

    Off: Corey Blackett-Taylor

    ⇄
    62′
  13. Xavier Simons

    Substitution

    Off: K. Dempsey

    ⇄
    62′
  14. Cyrus Christie

    Substitution

    Off: J. Osei-Tutu

    ⇄
    70′
  15. G. Johnston

    Yellowcard

    Foul

    77′
  16. 79′

    J. Bland

    Yellowcard

    Foul

  17. Mason Burstow

    Substitution

    Off: Rob Apter

    ⇄
    81′
  18. 87′

    Jack Shepherd

    Yellowcard

    Foul

The numbers

Fixture statistics

38 imported stat types
Bolton WanderersMatch statBarnsley
11
Corners
1
7
Shots Off Target
2
23
Shots Total
10
78
Attacks
75
43
Dangerous Attacks
27
48
Ball Possession %
52
48
Ball Safe
59
19
Shots Insidebox
5
4
Shots Outsidebox
5
1
Offsides
1
3
Goals
2
6
Goal Kicks
8
8
Free Kicks
13
13
Fouls
8
4
Saves
5
8
Shots Blocked
2
4
Substitutions
4
20
Throwins
32
70
Long Passes
71
36
Successful Headers
22
20
Tackles
12
2
Assists
2
355
Passes
389
266
Successful Passes
273
75
Successful Passes Percentage
70
3
Yellowcards
2
8
Shots On Target
6
27
Total Crosses
11
8
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Interceptions
4
16
Dribble Attempts
9
9
Successful Dribbles
5
18
Key Passes
9
4
Big Chances Created
1
2
Big Chances Missed
1
56
Successful Dribbles Percentage
56
33
Successful Long Passes
20
47
Successful Long Passes Percentage
28

Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.

Individual contributions

Player ratings & full match stats

36 imported players
PlayerMinGAShotsKeyTacklesSavesRating
90—————46.94
70————2—6.37
90——21——6.93
90——215—7.21
90——113—7.06
90——1—3—7.11
62—1—34—7.33
81——241—7.19
901—441—7.96
62——41——6.39
902151——9.10
28————1—6.60
28——1———6.38
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————————
————————
20——11——6.77
9———1——6.67

Select a player to inspect every available typed match statistic. Ratings are provider match ratings; an unreported rating stays unavailable.

Before this match

Recent form

Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.

Bolton Wanderers

Latest: Burton Albion · 2–1

Match stats

27 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Home vs Burton Albion · 2025/2026

Barnsley

Latest: Cardiff City · 0–4

Match stats

27 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Away vs Cardiff City · 2025/2026

The rivalry

Head-to-head record

Last 150 completed meetings at most
7Bolton Wanderers wins
7Draws
4Barnsley wins
72%Both teams scored
56%Over 2.5 goals
29Bolton Wanderers goals
24Barnsley goals

At Bolton Wanderers’s ground: 9 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.

Matchup context

Home vs away this season

2025/2026 · League One

Compare Bolton Wanderers’s home games with Barnsley’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.

Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.

Bolton WanderersPer matchBarnsley
2.04 / 25Goals scored1.26 / 23
1.00 / 25Goals conceded1.57 / 23
3.04 / 25Total match goals2.83 / 23
0.32 / 25Clean sheets / match0.13 / 23
0.16 / 25Failed to score / match0.26 / 23
18.88 / 25Shots11.00 / 23
7.48 / 25Corners4.61 / 23
10.88 / 25Total match corners11.39 / 23
1.75 / 24Cards2.23 / 22

The number after / is how many matches had that stat.

More team stats

Results & goals

Bolton WanderersStatBarnsley
0.8025 matchesGoals scored by half-time0.6123 matches
0.3625 matchesGoals conceded by half-time0.7023 matches
60% (15)25 matchesWins26% (6)23 matches
32% (8)25 matchesDraws35% (8)23 matches
8% (2)25 matchesLosses39% (9)23 matches
68% (17)25 matchesHalf-time clean sheets48% (11)23 matches
36% (9)25 matchesScored in both halves35% (8)23 matches
64% (16)25 matchesBoth teams scored65% (15)23 matches

Goal frequencies

Bolton WanderersStatBarnsley
84%25 matchesScored 1+ goals74%23 matches
68%25 matchesScored 2+ goals39%23 matches
32%25 matchesScored 3+ goals13%23 matches
16%25 matchesScored 4+ goals0%23 matches
68%25 matchesConceded 1+ goals87%23 matches
24%25 matchesConceded 2+ goals48%23 matches
8%25 matchesConceded 3+ goals17%23 matches
48%25 matchesScored 1+ by half-time57%23 matches
24%25 matchesScored 2+ by half-time4%23 matches
8%25 matchesScored 3+ by half-time0%23 matches
32%25 matchesConceded 1+ by half-time52%23 matches
4%25 matchesConceded 2+ by half-time13%23 matches
0%25 matchesConceded 3+ by half-time4%23 matches

Corners

Bolton WanderersStatBarnsley
3.4025 matchesCorners conceded / match6.7823 matches
100%25 matchesWon 3+ corners78%23 matches
84%25 matchesWon 5+ corners52%23 matches
56%25 matchesWon 7+ corners22%23 matches
28%25 matchesWon 9+ corners9%23 matches
88%25 matchesMatch had 8+ corners78%23 matches
60%25 matchesMatch had 10+ corners57%23 matches
32%25 matchesMatch had 12+ corners48%23 matches
24%25 matchesMatch had 14+ corners39%23 matches

Cards

Bolton WanderersStatBarnsley
2.8824 matchesOpponent cards / match0.9522 matches
4.6324 matchesTotal cards / match3.1822 matches
1.7124 matchesYellow cards / match2.1422 matches
0.205 matchesRed cards / match1.002 matches
75%24 matchesReceived 1+ cards100%22 matches
58%24 matchesReceived 2+ cards59%22 matches
29%24 matchesReceived 3+ cards36%22 matches
8%24 matchesReceived 4+ cards14%22 matches
4%24 matchesReceived 5+ cards9%22 matches
88%24 matchesMatch had 3+ cards68%22 matches
46%24 matchesMatch had 5+ cards14%22 matches
17%24 matchesMatch had 7+ cards5%22 matches

Shots & play

Bolton WanderersStatBarnsley
8.9625 matchesShots conceded / match14.1723 matches
59.08%25 matchesPossession / match50.17%23 matches
9.8825 matchesFouls / match10.7823 matches
1.2924 matchesOffsides / match1.7322 matches

Chance quality

Season xG

Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.

Expected goals (xG)49 games with data
1.65 per game
Expected goals against (xGA)49 games with data
1.08 per game
Expected goals (xG)46 games with data
1.16 per game
Expected goals against (xGA)46 games with data
1.64 per game

These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.

Players

Top scorers and assist makers

Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.

Expected goals and shot quality

Match counts are shown beside each player.

Expected goals (xG)

Chance quality before the shot.

Bolton Wanderers

Sam Dalby29 matches
11.06
Mason Burstow39 matches
10.75
7.43

Barnsley

12.14
6.98
Adam Phillips29 matches
6.72

xG on target (xGoT)

Chance quality of shots that reached the target.

Bolton Wanderers

Sam Dalby19 matches
9.58
7.60
Mason Burstow32 matches
6.41

Barnsley

10.58
9.77
Adam Phillips22 matches
6.69

Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)

Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.

Bolton Wanderers

Josh Sheehan20 matches
1.47
Eoin Toal 15 matches
1.40
0.98

Barnsley

3.74
Reyes Cleary23 matches
2.16
Jon Russell3 matches
1.28

Previous meetings

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