Mansfield Town vs Bolton Wanderers: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Mansfield Town play Bolton Wanderers in EFL League One (England). The match date is 9 December 2025 at 20:45. Final score: 0:1.

Current form

Mansfield Town: 3-2-0, 2.20 points/match. Bolton Wanderers: 3-1-1, 2.00 points/match.

Goal statistics

Mansfield Town scores 1.35 and concedes 1.09 goals per match. Bolton Wanderers scores 1.55 and concedes 1.08. League average: 2.62 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Mansfield Town 54%, Bolton Wanderers 61%. Over 2.5: Mansfield Town 46%, Bolton Wanderers 47%. League level: BTTS 52%, Over 2.5 51%.

xG, shots and style

Bolton Wanderers has higher xG: 1.79 vs 1.28. Mansfield Town: 11.5 shots per match, Bolton Wanderers: 16.5.

Match halves

Mansfield Town: half-time lead 33%, second-half goals 0.78. Bolton Wanderers: half-time lead 29%, second-half goals 1.04.

Goals by minute

Mansfield Town: 76-90+ (13 goals). Bolton Wanderers: 76-90+ (28 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

League One: 2.62 goals per match, BTTS 52%, Over 2.5 51%.

Head-to-head

1 H2H matches: 1-0-0. Average goals 1.00, BTTS 0%.

Half-by-half

0 : 1
1st half
0 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

25Possession (%)75
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
6Shots20
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
1Shots on target5
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
0.65xG2.12
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
3Corners5
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
27Dangerous attacks70
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
10Fouls10
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
2Cards1
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
1.35Goals scored / match1.55
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
1.09Goals conceded / match1.08
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
46%Average possession59%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
3.59Shots on target / match5.08
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

11.5Shots per match16.53
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
3.59Shots on target5.08
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
11.7%Shot conversion9.4%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
46%Possession59%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
1.28xG for1.79
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
1.38xG against1.15
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

Shooting quality

Mansfield Town: BalancedBolton Wanderers: Dominant
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
Accuracy (shots on target)31%31%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.380.31

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Mansfield Town is 10% better for: last-5 form.

2.2 pts / match - Mansfield Town · 2 pts / match - Bolton Wanderers

Mansfield Town
DWWDW
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
35% W37% R28% P
Season (W-D-L)
16-17-13
1.41 pts / match · goal difference +12
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-2-0
2.20 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
9-8-6
Last 5 at home
2-3-0
DWDDW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.4Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.32Opponent xG: 1.78BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%
Bolton Wanderers
DLWWW
Season result split
45% W37% R18% P
Season (W-D-L)
22-18-9
1.71 pts / match · goal difference +23
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
7-10-7
Last 5 away
2-1-2
LWLDW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.8Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.70Opponent xG: 1.10BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Bolton Wanderers is 15% better for: goals scored per match.

1.35 goals / match - Mansfield Town · 1.55 goals / match - Bolton Wanderers

Mansfield Town scoring profile: very strong

Mansfield Town scores in 74% of matches (34 of 46 matches), while Bolton Wanderers keeps a clean sheet in 27% (13 of 49 matches).

Bolton Wanderers scoring profile: very strong

Bolton Wanderers scores in 80% of matches (39 of 49 matches), while Mansfield Town keeps a clean sheet in 35% (16 of 46 matches).

62Goals scored (season)76
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
50Goals conceded (season)53
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
2.43Average goals in match2.63
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
12Goals scored (last 5)9
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
7Goals conceded (last 5)5
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

How often they score at least...

74%1 goal80%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
35%2 goals43%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
15%3 goals18%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
9%4 goals10%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

How often they concede at least...

65%1 goal73%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
35%2 goals27%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
7%3 goals8%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
2%4 goals0%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

61%
Bolton Wanderers - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.30 of 49 matches
52%
League average

Goal patterns

15%BTTS at half-time10%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
0%BTTS in both halves2%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
20%Scored in both halves20%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

BTTS and goal count

39%Min. 3 goals and BTTS41%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
7%Min. 3 goals without BTTS6%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
60%BTTS - last 560%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

63%Min. 1 goal before half-time61%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
24%Min. 2 goals before half-time22%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
13%Min. 3 goals before half-time10%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

2nd half

76%Min. 1 goal after half-time80%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
41%Min. 2 goals after half-time57%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
17%Min. 3 goals after half-time20%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Mansfield Town is 9% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.41 pts / match - Mansfield Town · 1.29 pts / match - Bolton Wanderers

Mansfield Town - half-time state
33% leading43% draw24% trailing
Bolton Wanderers - half-time state
29% leading43% draw29% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.41Points per match (1st half)1.29
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
0.57Goals scored (1st half)0.51
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
0.43Goals conceded (1st half)0.43
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
1Average goals (1st half)0.94
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
63%Clean sheet before half-time63%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
59%No goal before half-time65%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

After half-time (2nd half)

1.37Points per match (2nd half)1.67
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
0.78Goals scored (2nd half)1.04
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
0.65Goals conceded (2nd half)0.65
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
1.43Average goals (2nd half)1.69
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
52%Clean sheet after half-time53%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers
48%No goal after half-time35%
Mansfield TownBolton Wanderers

Mansfield Town - second-half results

35% W33% R33% P
65
Half-time points
26
Half-time goals
+6
Goal difference (1st half)
63
Second-half points
+6
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.41
PPG before half-time
Lead holding106%

Leads at half-time in 33% of matches and wins 35%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Bolton Wanderers - second-half results

43% W39% R18% P
63
Half-time points
25
Half-time goals
+4
Goal difference (1st half)
82
Second-half points
+19
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.29
PPG before half-time
Lead holding155%

Leads at half-time in 29% of matches and wins 45%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Mansfield Town - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match2.201.40
Goals scored / match1.41.0
Goals conceded / match0.21.2
Average goals in match1.62.2
1 goal60%80%
2 goals60%40%
3 goals40%40%
Clean sheet80%40%
No goal40%40%
Goal difference+6-1
Half-time: 60% leading - 40% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 20% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 7
Bolton Wanderers - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.402.00
Goals scored / match0.61.2
Goals conceded / match0.40.6
Average goals in match1.01.8
1 goal40%100%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal60%20%
Goal difference+1+3
Half-time: 20% leading - 80% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 20% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Mansfield Town
ScoredConceded
7
7
0-15
12
6
16-30
7
7
31-45
12
10
46-60
11
11
61-75
13
9
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (13 goli). Concedes most in 61-75 (11). Late-goal balance (76-90): +4 - wins late phases.

Bolton Wanderers
ScoredConceded
8
4
0-15
9
5
16-30
8
12
31-45
11
14
46-60
12
10
61-75
28
8
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (28 goli). Concedes most in 46-60 (14). Late-goal balance (76-90): +20 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.54
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.2 : 1.3
Estimated goal split
home : away
97%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
58%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-60%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
59%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
5%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 20 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Mansfield Town

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.10
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.36
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-18.6 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.07
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.29
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
91%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
95%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.79
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.2
Late goals
21% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 11% come in the first quarter-hour.
21%

Bolton Wanderers

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.64
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.17
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-14.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.24
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.07
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
135%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
73%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.29
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.5
Late goals
37% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 11% come in the first quarter-hour.
37%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (League One).

Teams vs league

Mansfield TownLigaBolton Wanderers
Average goals in match 2.432.62 2.63
Both teams scored 54%52% 61%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 46%51% 47%
Clean sheets 35%27% 27%
Goal before half-time 63%70% 61%
Goal after half-time 76%81% 80%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.62
Average goals per match
52%
Both teams scored
51%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
27%
Clean sheets
1.48
Home goals / match
1.15
Away goals / match
+29%
Home attack advantage
+22%
Home defence advantage
+17%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
70%
1 goal
31%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
43%
2 goals
17%
3 goals
5%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Mansfield Town 1 - 0 - 0 Bolton Wanderers. Average goals 1.00, both teams scored in 0% matches.

FAQ

What was the result of Mansfield Town vs Bolton Wanderers?

The EFL League One match finished Mansfield Town 0:1 Bolton Wanderers. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Mansfield Town vs Bolton Wanderers?

Mansfield Town score 1.35 goals per game on average and Bolton Wanderers 1.55. The EFL League One average is 2.62 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 51% of games. Both teams score in 54% of Mansfield Town's matches and 61% of Bolton Wanderers's.

What form are Mansfield Town and Bolton Wanderers in?

Over the last 5 games Mansfield Town have a 3-2-0 record (2.20 points per game) and Bolton Wanderers 3-1-1 (2.00 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Mansfield Town vs Bolton Wanderers?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.