Friday, 23/10/2026 at 21:00
2d 0h to kick-offBolton Wanderers – Middlesbrough
Model updated 21 October, 18:30 Top odds updated 20 October, 21:00
What the model expects
- Bolton Wanderers
- 23%
- Draw
- 28%
- Middlesbrough
- 49%
| Bolton Wanderers | Draw | Middlesbrough | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 4.38 | 3.58 | 2.03 |
- Total goals
- 2.86
- Over 2.5 goals
- 56%
- Both teams to score
- 62%
Both teams have at least 10 matches in the model window, but at least one has fewer than the full 20.
Model vs market
The model sees an edge in 5 outcomes.
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Bolton Wanderers
- Model
- 22.9%
- Market, margin removed
- 19.5%
- Probability gap
- +3.3 pp
- Edge
- +8.5%
- Fair odds
- 4.38
- Market odds
- 4.75 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 4.59
- Bookmaker margin
- 7.9%
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Draw
- Model
- 27.9%
- Market, margin removed
- 22.6%
- Probability gap
- +5.3 pp
- Edge
- +14.4%
- Fair odds
- 3.58
- Market odds
- 4.10 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 3.76
- Bookmaker margin
- 7.9%
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Middlesbrough
- Model
- 49.2%
- Market, margin removed
- 57.9%
- Probability gap
- −8.7 pp
- Edge
- −21.2%
- Fair odds
- 2.03
- Market odds
- 1.60 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 2.13
- Bookmaker margin
- 7.9%
Outcomes with an edge
Middlesbrough at most 1 goal
Measured model skill on this market: +2.61%.
Middlesbrough not to score
Measured model skill on this market: +2.56%.
Bolton Wanderers to win
Measured model skill on this market: +7.19%.
Under 2.5 goals
No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).
Draw
No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).
Biggest edge
Middlesbrough at most 1 goal
Model 47.2% vs. bookmaker 37.5%, margin removed.
Match result
No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).
Measured model skill on this market: +7.19%.
Goals
No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).
Both teams to score
Goals by team
Measured model skill on this market: +2.61%.
Measured model skill on this market: +2.56%.
Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →
Why the model leans Middlesbrough
49% Middlesbrough to win
- Attack
- 1st vs 14th
- Middlesbrough attack v Bolton Wanderers defence
- Defence
- 2nd vs 10th
- Middlesbrough defence v Bolton Wanderers attack
- Recent xG form
- +0.87 vs -0.07
- xGD per match, last 6
- Projected goals
- 1.15 – 1.71
- Bolton Wanderers v Middlesbrough
Team comparison
Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.
| Reading | Bolton Wanderers | Middlesbrough |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | 1.40 · 11th | (better) 1.98 · 2nd |
| xGA / match | 1.69 · 21st | (better) 1.02 · 2nd |
| xGD / match | -0.30 · 17th | (better) +0.96 · 2nd |
| xPts / match | 1.15 · 17th | (better) 2.03 · 1st |
| Last 6 xGD / match | -0.07 | (better) +0.86 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 33% of the model's distribution.
- Middlesbrough clean sheet
- 29%
- Middlesbrough 2+ goals
- 53%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 44%
- Both teams to score: no
- 38%
Most likely scorelines
- 1:1
- 13.8%
- 1:2
- 11.3%
- 0:2
- 8.4%
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How the edge is calculated
Edge is probability × odds − 1 — it pays on average and over the long run, not necessarily in this match. The model knows nothing of absences, motivation or the schedule.
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Model details
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- Fit window
- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Bolton Wanderers sample
- 11 matches
- Middlesbrough sample
- 20 matches
- Home xG sample · Bolton Wanderers
- 5 matches
- Away xG sample · Middlesbrough
- 5 matches
- Computed
- Wednesday, 21/10/2026 at 18:30
- Odds updated
- 23 hours ago
Limitations
The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.