Cardiff host Bolton in the England League One on 11 April 2026, Saturday. Get our free predictions, betting tips, odds insights, team form guide & H2H stats for this clash. This fixture is scheduled to kicks off at 12:30 UK Time.
Cardiff return to home action looking to build consistency after a mixed run of results that has seen moments of control offset by dropped points. Their overall season record remains strong, but recent performances suggest a need to re-establish attacking fluency.
Bolton arrive with a similarly inconsistent pattern, alternating between solid away wins and games where control slips late. With both sides closely matched in defensive numbers across the season, this fixture is likely to be shaped by fine margins rather than open dominance.
Cardiff’s recent form reflects a side involved in tight, low-scoring matches. A 1-1 draw at Peterborough followed a goalless stalemate against Blackpool, while the 2-0 home defeat to Wycombe highlighted occasional struggles in breaking down organised opposition. Their standout performance came in a 4-0 away win at Exeter City, showing their attacking potential when space opens up.
Across recent matches, Cardiff have often prioritised control over risk, leading to fewer goals but also limiting attacking rhythm. Despite scoring 74 goals across the season, recent outputs suggest a more cautious approach, particularly in home fixtures where opponents sit deeper and reduce space.
Bolton’s recent results show a team capable of competing but lacking sustained control. A 2-2 draw with Stockport followed a 2-1 away win at Plymouth, while defeats such as the 1-0 loss at Port Vale underline their difficulty in tight games. The goalless draw with Doncaster and another 2-2 result at Rotherham further highlight inconsistency in both attacking and defensive phases.
With 59 goals scored and 42 conceded this season, Bolton have shown balance overall, but recent performances suggest fluctuations in tempo and control. Away matches in particular can become fragmented, with periods of pressure not always translating into sustained dominance.
The best bet for this match points towards Cardiff to win to nil at 3.75 odds. Cardiff’s tendency to keep games controlled at home, combined with Bolton’s inconsistency in attacking output during tighter matches, creates a scenario where the hosts can edge the game without conceding.
A low-scoring outcome also looks likely, making under 2.5 goals at 2.40 odds a strong option. Cardiff’s recent fixtures have consistently stayed within tight scorelines, and Bolton’s mixed attacking rhythm suggests chances may be limited across long phases of the game.
For a correct score prediction, a 1-0 Cardiff win at 10.00 odds aligns with current trends. Cardiff’s structured approach and defensive discipline point towards a narrow victory, with Bolton struggling to create enough clear opportunities to change the outcome.
| Cardiff | Bolton | |
|---|---|---|
| Game Played | 45 | 48 |
| Wins | 27 | 21 |
| Draws | 10 | 18 |
| Loss | 8 | 9 |
| Goals For | 86 | 72 |
| Goals Against | 45 | 52 |
| Cardiff | Bolton | |
|---|---|---|
| Game Played | 23 | 24 |
| Wins | 17 | 7 |
| Draws | 2 | 10 |
| Loss | 4 | 7 |
| Goals For | 50 | 25 |
| Goals Against | 23 | 28 |
|
25.04.26
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Cardiff Northampton |
5-1 |
|
22.04.26
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Cardiff Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
18.04.26
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Reading Cardiff |
1-3 |
|
14.04.26
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Huddersfield Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
11.04.26
|
Cardiff Bolton |
2-0 |
|
06.04.26
|
Peterborough Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
21.03.26
|
Cardiff Blackpool |
0-0 |
|
17.03.26
|
Cardiff Wycombe |
0-2 |
|
14.03.26
|
Exeter City Cardiff |
0-4 |
|
10.03.26
|
Barnsley Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
07.03.26
|
Cardiff Lincoln |
0-2 |
|
28.02.26
|
Doncaster Cardiff |
0-4 |
|
21.02.26
|
Plymouth Cardiff |
5-2 |
|
17.02.26
|
Cardiff AFC Wimbledon |
4-1 |
|
14.02.26
|
Cardiff Luton |
3-1 |
|
07.02.26
|
Rotherham Cardiff |
0-3 |
|
31.01.26
|
Burton Albion Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
27.01.26
|
Cardiff Barnsley |
4-0 |
|
24.01.26
|
Cardiff Stockport |
1-1 |
|
17.01.26
|
Bradford City Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
10.01.26
|
Leyton Orient Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
04.01.26
|
Cardiff Wigan |
1-0 |
|
01.01.26
|
Wycombe Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
29.12.25
|
Cardiff Stevenage |
2-1 |
|
26.12.25
|
Cardiff Exeter City |
1-0 |
|
20.12.25
|
Lincoln Cardiff |
2-1 |
|
16.12.25
|
Cardiff Chelsea |
1-3 |
|
13.12.25
|
Cardiff Doncaster |
4-3 |
|
09.12.25
|
Stevenage Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
06.12.25
|
Cardiff Huddersfield |
3-2 |
|
02.12.25
|
Cardiff AFC Wimbledon |
1-5 |
|
29.11.25
|
Cardiff Mansfield |
3-0 |
|
22.11.25
|
Northampton Cardiff |
1-3 |
|
11.11.25
|
Cardiff Arsenal U21 |
3-1 |
|
08.11.25
|
Blackpool Cardiff |
3-1 |
|
01.11.25
|
Peterborough Cardiff |
1-0 |
|
28.10.25
|
Wrexham Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
25.10.25
|
Bolton Cardiff |
1-0 |
|
18.10.25
|
Cardiff Reading |
2-1 |
|
07.10.25
|
Cardiff Newport |
0-1 |
|
04.10.25
|
Cardiff Leyton Orient |
4-3 |
|
30.09.25
|
Cardiff Burton Albion |
0-1 |
|
27.09.25
|
Wigan Cardiff |
0-2 |
|
23.09.25
|
Burnley Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
20.09.25
|
Cardiff Bradford City |
1-3 |
|
16.09.25
|
Exeter City Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
13.09.25
|
Stockport Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
30.08.25
|
Cardiff Plymouth |
4-0 |
|
26.08.25
|
Cardiff Cheltenham |
3-0 |
|
23.08.25
|
Luton Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
25.04.26
|
Cardiff Northampton |
5-1 |
|
22.04.26
|
Cardiff Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
11.04.26
|
Cardiff Bolton |
2-0 |
|
21.03.26
|
Cardiff Blackpool |
0-0 |
|
17.03.26
|
Cardiff Wycombe |
0-2 |
|
07.03.26
|
Cardiff Lincoln |
0-2 |
|
17.02.26
|
Cardiff AFC Wimbledon |
4-1 |
|
14.02.26
|
Cardiff Luton |
3-1 |
|
27.01.26
|
Cardiff Barnsley |
4-0 |
|
24.01.26
|
Cardiff Stockport |
1-1 |
|
04.01.26
|
Cardiff Wigan |
1-0 |
|
29.12.25
|
Cardiff Stevenage |
2-1 |
|
26.12.25
|
Cardiff Exeter City |
1-0 |
|
16.12.25
|
Cardiff Chelsea |
1-3 |
|
13.12.25
|
Cardiff Doncaster |
4-3 |
|
06.12.25
|
Cardiff Huddersfield |
3-2 |
|
02.12.25
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Cardiff AFC Wimbledon |
1-5 |
|
29.11.25
|
Cardiff Mansfield |
3-0 |
|
11.11.25
|
Cardiff Arsenal U21 |
3-1 |
|
18.10.25
|
Cardiff Reading |
2-1 |
|
07.10.25
|
Cardiff Newport |
0-1 |
|
04.10.25
|
Cardiff Leyton Orient |
4-3 |
|
30.09.25
|
Cardiff Burton Albion |
0-1 |
|
20.09.25
|
Cardiff Bradford City |
1-3 |
|
30.08.25
|
Cardiff Plymouth |
4-0 |
|
26.08.25
|
Cardiff Cheltenham |
3-0 |
|
16.08.25
|
Cardiff Rotherham |
3-0 |
|
12.08.25
|
Cardiff Swindon |
2-1 |
|
02.08.25
|
Cardiff Peterborough |
2-1 |
|
18.07.25
|
Cardiff Cambridge |
5-1 |
|
09.07.25
|
Cardiff Johor Darul Takzim FC |
2-2 |
|
26.04.25
|
Cardiff West Brom |
0-0 |
|
21.04.25
|
Cardiff Oxford |
1-1 |
|
12.04.25
|
Cardiff Stoke City |
0-1 |
|
29.03.25
|
Cardiff Sheffield Wednesday |
1-1 |
|
11.03.25
|
Cardiff Luton |
1-2 |
|
04.03.25
|
Cardiff Burnley |
1-2 |
|
25.02.25
|
Cardiff Hull City |
1-0 |
|
15.02.25
|
Cardiff Bristol City |
1-1 |
|
25.01.25
|
Cardiff Derby |
2-1 |
|
18.01.25
|
Cardiff Swansea |
3-0 |
|
14.01.25
|
Cardiff Watford |
1-1 |
|
01.01.25
|
Cardiff Coventry |
1-1 |
|
21.12.24
|
Cardiff Sheffield United |
0-2 |
|
11.12.24
|
Cardiff Preston |
0-2 |
|
27.11.24
|
Cardiff QPR |
0-2 |
|
09.11.24
|
Cardiff Blackburn |
1-3 |
|
02.11.24
|
Cardiff Norwich |
2-1 |
|
22.10.24
|
Cardiff Portsmouth |
2-0 |
|
19.10.24
|
Cardiff Plymouth |
5-0 |
|
18.04.26
|
Reading Cardiff |
1-3 |
|
14.04.26
|
Huddersfield Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
06.04.26
|
Peterborough Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
14.03.26
|
Exeter City Cardiff |
0-4 |
|
10.03.26
|
Barnsley Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
28.02.26
|
Doncaster Cardiff |
0-4 |
|
21.02.26
|
Plymouth Cardiff |
5-2 |
|
07.02.26
|
Rotherham Cardiff |
0-3 |
|
31.01.26
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Burton Albion Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
17.01.26
|
Bradford City Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
10.01.26
|
Leyton Orient Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
01.01.26
|
Wycombe Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
20.12.25
|
Lincoln Cardiff |
2-1 |
|
09.12.25
|
Stevenage Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
22.11.25
|
Northampton Cardiff |
1-3 |
|
08.11.25
|
Blackpool Cardiff |
3-1 |
|
01.11.25
|
Peterborough Cardiff |
1-0 |
|
28.10.25
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Wrexham Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
25.10.25
|
Bolton Cardiff |
1-0 |
|
27.09.25
|
Wigan Cardiff |
0-2 |
|
23.09.25
|
Burnley Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
16.09.25
|
Exeter City Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
13.09.25
|
Stockport Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
23.08.25
|
Luton Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
19.08.25
|
AFC Wimbledon Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
07.08.25
|
Port Vale Cardiff |
0-0 |
|
26.07.25
|
Notts County Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
23.07.25
|
QPR Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
03.05.25
|
Norwich Cardiff |
4-2 |
|
18.04.25
|
Sheffield United Cardiff |
2-0 |
|
08.04.25
|
Preston Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
05.04.25
|
QPR Cardiff |
0-0 |
|
15.03.25
|
Blackburn Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
08.03.25
|
Sunderland Cardiff |
2-1 |
|
28.02.25
|
Aston Villa Cardiff |
2-0 |
|
22.02.25
|
Plymouth Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
11.02.25
|
Portsmouth Cardiff |
2-1 |
|
08.02.25
|
Stoke City Cardiff (Penalties:2 - 4) |
3-3 |
|
01.02.25
|
Leeds Cardiff |
7-0 |
|
21.01.25
|
Millwall Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
09.01.25
|
Sheffield United Cardiff |
0-1 |
|
04.01.25
|
Middlesbrough Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
29.12.24
|
Watford Cardiff |
1-2 |
|
26.12.24
|
Oxford Cardiff |
3-2 |
|
14.12.24
|
Stoke City Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
30.11.24
|
Coventry Cardiff |
2-2 |
|
23.11.24
|
Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
06.11.24
|
Luton Cardiff |
1-0 |
|
26.10.24
|
West Brom Cardiff |
0-0 |
|
06.10.24
|
Bristol City Cardiff |
1-1 |
|
14.05.26
|
Bradford City Bolton |
0-1 |
|
09.05.26
|
Bolton Bradford City |
1-0 |
|
02.05.26
|
Bolton Luton |
2-3 |
|
25.04.26
|
Bradford City Bolton |
1-1 |
|
18.04.26
|
Bolton Huddersfield |
3-3 |
|
14.04.26
|
Bolton Stevenage |
5-1 |
|
11.04.26
|
Cardiff Bolton |
2-0 |
|
06.04.26
|
Bolton Stockport |
2-2 |
|
03.04.26
|
Plymouth Bolton |
1-2 |
|
21.03.26
|
Port Vale Bolton |
1-0 |
|
17.03.26
|
Bolton Doncaster |
0-0 |
|
14.03.26
|
Rotherham Bolton |
2-2 |
|
07.03.26
|
Bolton Wycombe |
3-2 |
|
28.02.26
|
Exeter City Bolton |
1-5 |
|
21.02.26
|
Bolton Blackpool |
2-2 |
|
17.02.26
|
Reading Bolton |
1-1 |
|
14.02.26
|
Lincoln Bolton |
1-1 |
|
07.02.26
|
Bolton Barnsley |
3-2 |
|
31.01.26
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AFC Wimbledon Bolton |
0-1 |
|
27.01.26
|
Bolton Burton Albion |
2-1 |
|
24.01.26
|
Bolton Leyton Orient |
2-1 |
|
20.01.26
|
Stevenage Bolton |
0-0 |
|
17.01.26
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Wigan Bolton |
0-1 |
|
13.01.26
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Bolton Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
10.01.26
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Peterborough Bolton |
3-1 |
|
04.01.26
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Bolton Northampton |
0-0 |
|
01.01.26
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Doncaster Bolton |
1-1 |
|
29.12.25
|
Bolton Mansfield |
0-1 |
|
26.12.25
|
Bolton Rotherham |
2-1 |
|
20.12.25
|
Wycombe Bolton |
2-1 |
|
13.12.25
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Bolton Exeter City |
2-1 |
|
09.12.25
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Mansfield Bolton |
0-1 |
|
06.12.25
|
Swindon Bolton |
4-0 |
|
02.12.25
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Bolton Bradford City |
3-0 |
|
29.11.25
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Luton Bolton |
1-1 |
|
22.11.25
|
Bolton Bradford City |
0-0 |
|
11.11.25
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Oldham Bolton |
2-6 |
|
08.11.25
|
Bolton Port Vale |
4-0 |
|
01.11.25
|
Bolton Huddersfield |
2-1 |
|
25.10.25
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Bolton Cardiff |
1-0 |
|
16.10.25
|
Huddersfield Bolton |
1-2 |
|
11.10.25
|
Burton Albion Bolton |
3-0 |
|
04.10.25
|
Bolton Peterborough |
2-1 |
|
27.09.25
|
Northampton Bolton |
2-0 |
|
23.09.25
|
Bolton Manchester City U21 |
3-0 |
|
20.09.25
|
Bolton Wigan |
4-1 |
|
13.09.25
|
Leyton Orient Bolton |
1-1 |
|
06.09.25
|
Bolton AFC Wimbledon |
3-0 |
|
02.09.25
|
Bolton Rotherham |
1-0 |
|
30.08.25
|
Blackpool Bolton |
1-1 |
|
09.05.26
|
Bolton Bradford City |
1-0 |
|
02.05.26
|
Bolton Luton |
2-3 |
|
18.04.26
|
Bolton Huddersfield |
3-3 |
|
14.04.26
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Bolton Stevenage |
5-1 |
|
06.04.26
|
Bolton Stockport |
2-2 |
|
17.03.26
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Bolton Doncaster |
0-0 |
|
07.03.26
|
Bolton Wycombe |
3-2 |
|
21.02.26
|
Bolton Blackpool |
2-2 |
|
07.02.26
|
Bolton Barnsley |
3-2 |
|
27.01.26
|
Bolton Burton Albion |
2-1 |
|
24.01.26
|
Bolton Leyton Orient |
2-1 |
|
13.01.26
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Bolton Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
04.01.26
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Bolton Northampton |
0-0 |
|
29.12.25
|
Bolton Mansfield |
0-1 |
|
26.12.25
|
Bolton Rotherham |
2-1 |
|
13.12.25
|
Bolton Exeter City |
2-1 |
|
02.12.25
|
Bolton Bradford City |
3-0 |
|
22.11.25
|
Bolton Bradford City |
0-0 |
|
08.11.25
|
Bolton Port Vale |
4-0 |
|
01.11.25
|
Bolton Huddersfield |
2-1 |
|
25.10.25
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Bolton Cardiff |
1-0 |
|
04.10.25
|
Bolton Peterborough |
2-1 |
|
23.09.25
|
Bolton Manchester City U21 |
3-0 |
|
20.09.25
|
Bolton Wigan |
4-1 |
|
06.09.25
|
Bolton AFC Wimbledon |
3-0 |
|
02.09.25
|
Bolton Rotherham |
1-0 |
|
23.08.25
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Bolton Lincoln |
1-1 |
|
20.08.25
|
Bolton Reading |
1-1 |
|
13.08.25
|
Bolton Sheffield Wednesday (Penalties:2 - 4) |
3-3 |
|
09.08.25
|
Bolton Plymouth |
2-0 |
|
26.07.25
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Bolton Preston |
2-0 |
|
03.05.25
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Bolton Stevenage |
1-1 |
|
18.04.25
|
Bolton Wycombe |
0-2 |
|
08.04.25
|
Bolton Rotherham |
0-1 |
|
05.04.25
|
Bolton Bristol Rovers |
1-0 |
|
15.03.25
|
Bolton Stockport |
0-1 |
|
04.03.25
|
Bolton Birmingham |
3-1 |
|
22.02.25
|
Bolton Leyton Orient |
2-1 |
|
08.02.25
|
Bolton Crawley |
4-3 |
|
28.01.25
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Bolton Northampton |
3-1 |
|
21.01.25
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Bolton Charlton |
1-2 |
|
18.01.25
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Bolton Cambridge |
2-2 |
|
29.12.24
|
Bolton Lincoln |
3-0 |
|
26.12.24
|
Bolton Barnsley |
1-2 |
|
14.12.24
|
Bolton Wigan |
0-2 |
|
10.12.24
|
Bolton Huddersfield |
3-1 |
|
03.12.24
|
Bolton Mansfield |
3-1 |
|
23.11.24
|
Bolton Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
12.11.24
|
Bolton Fleetwood |
2-1 |
|
26.10.24
|
Bolton Peterborough |
1-0 |
|
14.05.26
|
Bradford City Bolton |
0-1 |
|
25.04.26
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Bradford City Bolton |
1-1 |
|
11.04.26
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Cardiff Bolton |
2-0 |
|
03.04.26
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Plymouth Bolton |
1-2 |
|
21.03.26
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Port Vale Bolton |
1-0 |
|
14.03.26
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Rotherham Bolton |
2-2 |
|
28.02.26
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Exeter City Bolton |
1-5 |
|
17.02.26
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Reading Bolton |
1-1 |
|
14.02.26
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Lincoln Bolton |
1-1 |
|
31.01.26
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AFC Wimbledon Bolton |
0-1 |
|
20.01.26
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Stevenage Bolton |
0-0 |
|
17.01.26
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Wigan Bolton |
0-1 |
|
10.01.26
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Peterborough Bolton |
3-1 |
|
01.01.26
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Doncaster Bolton |
1-1 |
|
20.12.25
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Wycombe Bolton |
2-1 |
|
09.12.25
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Mansfield Bolton |
0-1 |
|
06.12.25
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Swindon Bolton |
4-0 |
|
29.11.25
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Luton Bolton |
1-1 |
|
11.11.25
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Oldham Bolton |
2-6 |
|
16.10.25
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Huddersfield Bolton |
1-2 |
|
11.10.25
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Burton Albion Bolton |
3-0 |
|
27.09.25
|
Northampton Bolton |
2-0 |
|
13.09.25
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Leyton Orient Bolton |
1-1 |
|
30.08.25
|
Blackpool Bolton |
1-1 |
|
16.08.25
|
Barnsley Bolton |
1-1 |
|
03.08.25
|
Stockport Bolton |
2-0 |
|
22.07.25
|
Shrewsbury Bolton |
2-5 |
|
19.07.25
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Hibernian Bolton |
0-2 |
|
15.07.25
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Barrow Bolton |
0-1 |
|
26.04.25
|
Peterborough Bolton |
1-1 |
|
21.04.25
|
Lincoln Bolton |
4-2 |
|
12.04.25
|
Barnsley Bolton |
4-1 |
|
01.04.25
|
Wigan Bolton |
0-1 |
|
29.03.25
|
Blackpool Bolton |
2-1 |
|
11.03.25
|
Bristol Rovers Bolton |
3-2 |
|
08.03.25
|
Burton Albion Bolton |
1-2 |
|
01.03.25
|
Wrexham Bolton |
0-0 |
|
15.02.25
|
Shrewsbury Bolton |
2-3 |
|
11.02.25
|
Wrexham Bolton |
1-0 |
|
01.02.25
|
Reading Bolton |
1-0 |
|
25.01.25
|
Huddersfield Bolton |
0-1 |
|
14.01.25
|
Lincoln Bolton |
0-1 |
|
11.01.25
|
Rotherham Bolton |
3-1 |
|
04.01.25
|
Exeter City Bolton |
1-2 |
|
01.01.25
|
Mansfield Bolton |
2-1 |
|
20.12.24
|
Wycombe Bolton |
0-0 |
|
26.11.24
|
Cambridge Bolton |
1-1 |
|
09.11.24
|
Stockport Bolton |
5-0 |
|
02.11.24
|
Walsall Bolton |
2-1 |
|
29.10.24
|
Stevenage Bolton |
1-4 |
|
25.10.2025
|
Bolton Cardiff |
1-0
|
|
13.02.2018
|
Cardiff Bolton |
2-0
|
|
23.12.2017
|
Bolton Cardiff |
2-0
|
|
23.04.2016
|
Cardiff Bolton |
2-1
|
|
05.12.2015
|
Bolton Cardiff |
2-3
|
|
13.02.2018
|
Cardiff Bolton |
2-0
|
|
23.04.2016
|
Cardiff Bolton |
2-1
|
|
06.04.2015
|
Cardiff Bolton |
0-3
|
|
27.04.2013
|
Cardiff Bolton |
1-1
|