Stockport County FC vs Bolton Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

Prediction published on 14/11/2021, 00:14  by Indran | Modified on 14/11/2021 at 01:14 in FA Cup Predictions

This FA Cup round 1 replay takes place at Edgeley Park where Stockport County welcomes Bolton Wanderers. The first leg tie ended in a 2-2 draw. Both teams are having very similar seasons in their respective leagues with both lying in 11th position in their leagues. Stockport are in the National League the fifth tier of English football while their opponents Bolton are in League One the third tier. Formbook and league placings go out the window in the magical FA Cup as was evident in the first leg when the much fancied Bolton were held to a draw at home by Stockport, two leagues below them. The hosts will be confident of causing the upset and going through to the second round. Stockport have been on a decent run of form at home losing just one of their last five competitive matches with a 1-1 draw in their last match against Bromley.

Bolton will be unhappy with their draw in the first leg as they led in that match only to allow Stockport to equalize. The visitors will be keen to win and prevent being eliminated from the FA Cup in the first round for three consecutive seasons. The last time that they lost three successive first round ties was from 1908 to 1910. One of those defeats was against Stockport. Bolton have been poor on the road as they have only won once in their last four away matches. Bolton have fond memories of Edgeley Park as they won 4-1 against the home team back in a 2002 FA Cup third round match, Bolton was a Premier League outfit back then.