Walsall vs Bolton Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

Prediction published on 31/10/2024, 11:00  by Ian John in FA Cup Predictions

Are goals on the menu in the FA Cup First Round this week? At Banks’s Stadium, League Two Walsall host League One Bolton in a game between two in-form and free scoring teams. Will Mat Sadler’s Saddlers ride their way to victory or can Ian Evatt’s Trotters truffle out a victory in the midlands? Let’s see what our prediction for this match says!

Walsall sit second in the League Two table, with a division-leading 26 goals scored. They have won five of their six at home, but their single defeat was a big one, a 6-2 reversal at the hands of Fleetwood Town. 

Since that shock home loss, the Saddlers have won two and drawn two of their next four. A 2-2 draw with Chesterfield was followed by a 4-1 win over Grimsby and a 3-1 win over Carlisle. Last weekend though, they could only manage a 0-0 draw away to Accrington Stanley.

Bolton will feel equally confident in this game with the League One side sitting sixth in the table after 13 games. They also have a good away record with four wins from six games, scoring a dozen goals in those matches alone.

The Trotters have won five of their last seven games, drawing one and losing once. They have won both their most recent matches, a 1-0 home win over Peterborough and then a 4-1 away win over Stevenage last weekend.