Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bolton Wanderers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - League Cup, 8 Aug 2026

📅08/08/2026 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
31%
2.94
Draw
26%
3.45
Away
43%
2.03
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
2.07
Over 2.5
49%
1.68
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.6
No
47%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
28%
3.77
2-3 Goals
42%
1.79
4-5 Goals
20%
2.99
6+ Goals
10%
9.64
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
14%
1/2
10%
1/X
10%
X/1
8%
X/2
14%
X/X
11%
2/1
9%
2/2
19%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
31%
Home Win
30%
+1.2pp
26%
Draw
25%
+0.3pp
43%
Away Win
45%
-1.6pp
51%
Under 2.5
44%
+6.9pp
49%
Over 2.5
56%
-6.9pp
53%
BTTS Yes
58%
-5.4pp
47%
BTTS No
42%
+5.4pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sheffield Wednesday EU Bookmakers 34%
Head to Head
AWAY Bolton Wanderers EU Bookmakers 49%
-26% / -26% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +7% / +7%
0.01/0.98 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.88/1.38
-99% / +50% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +16% / -19%
44% Ball Possession 56%
11 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 5
268 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 388 · 81%
10.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
15.0 Crosses
2.0 Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sheffield Wednesday
3W-3D-0L
AWAY Bolton Wanderers
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
1.30 xG 0.77
45% Ball Possession 55%
12 Total Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 4
292 Passes 370
75% Pass Accuracy 77%
18 Box Touches 20
14 Crosses 17
1 Yellow Cards 2
13.08.2025 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 3-3 HT 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday İNLK
17.03.2023 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 HT 1-1 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers İN1
20.08.2022 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 0-2 HT 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday İN1
09.04.2022 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 1-1 HT 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday İN1
09.10.2021 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 HT 0-0 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers İN1
12.03.2019 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 0-2 HT 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sheffield Wednesday
1-0
AWAY Bolton Wanderers
1.15 xG 1.68
13 Total Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 5
286 Passes 374
27 Box Touches 28
18 Crosses 19
0 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Sheffield Wednesday vs Bolton Wanderers
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sheffield Wednesday squeezed past Bolton Wanderers 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match lean was Bolton Wanderers at 43%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 49% and both teams to score was close to even at 53%.

On the day, shots finished 13-11, expected goals 1.15 to 1.68 — on chances, Bolton Wanderers could feel hard done by.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Sheffield Wednesday had the better of it with 3 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Sheffield Wednesday and 0.83 for Bolton Wanderers.

What was the final score of Sheffield Wednesday vs Bolton Wanderers?

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bolton Wanderers in the England - League Cup on 08/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sheffield Wednesday vs Bolton Wanderers?

Before kick-off our model rated an Bolton Wanderers win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Sheffield Wednesday 31%, draw 26%, Bolton Wanderers 43%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5 — while Match Result (Bolton Wanderers), BTTS Yes went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Bolton Wanderers) ✓ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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