Match Info

EFL Cup - 1/64-finals

Date: 8 August 2026, Saturday

Location: Hillsborough (Sheffield)

Referee: Bell E. (Eng)

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	Sheffield Wednesday		Bolton Wanderers

	1	X	2
	3.00	3.80	2.05	Watch
	3.30	3.60	2.10
	3.10	3.40	2.12	Watch
	3.35	3.60	2.17
	3.12	3.74	2.1
	3.15	3.50	2.14
	3.01	3.81	2.10	Watch
	3.30	3.80	2.16
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.17 ↓ (3.36)	3.66 ↓ (3.76)	2.12 ↑ (1.94)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.75

The best margin for this event is 2.9%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Sheffield Wednesday
29.8%

Draw
25.8%

Bolton Wanderers
44.5%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

27.6%

24.6%

47.8%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Sheffield Wednesday has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.2%)

Bolton Wanderers has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.3%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
50%	0%	50%

Sheffield Wednesday - Bolton Wanderers Predictions

Users Predictions: 4 users predict this event. Sheff Wed will win (votes: 2 - 50%). Bolton will win (votes: 2 - 50%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Lumley J. (G) 22. Otegbayo G. 26. Swinkels S. 3. Lowe M. 23. Liongola J. 37. Thornton J. 10. Bannan B. (C) 8. Slattery C. 24. Gray H. 7. Valery Y. 48. Burstow M.	1. Bonham J. (G) 22. Larrazabal G. 3. Forino-Joseph C. 14. Famewo A. 6. Davies B. 8. Sheehan J. (C) 4. Simons X. 27. Stephenson L. 11. Gale T. 20. Rodrigues R. 10. Dalby S.
Substitutes
11. Barry L. 14. Fusire S. 19. Grainger W. 9. Lowe J. 17. McNeill C. 2. Palmer L. 4. Santos R. 27. Trueman C. (G) 30. Weaver E.	29. Christie C. 25. Conway M. 7. Dong K. 23. Harrington D. (G) 45. McAtee J. 54. Ritchie T. 18. Toal E. 33. Warren C. 12. Watson D.
Coaches
Pedersen H.	Schumacher S.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
37', Famewo A. 🟨,
2nd Half (1 - 0)
56', Simons X. 🟥,
62', Larrazabal G. ↓, Conway M. ↑,
63', Burstow M. ↓, Lowe J. ↑,
63', Thornton J. ↓, Barry L. ↑,
70', 1 - 0, Lowe J. ⚽, Bannan B. (A),
72', Gale T. ↓, Dong K. ↑,
72', Rodrigues R. ↓, McAtee J. ↑,
76', Davies B. ↓, Watson D. ↑,
76', Forino-Joseph C. ↓, Toal E. ↑,
79', Bannan B. ↓, Fusire S. ↑,
79', Gray H. ↓, Grainger W. ↑,
83', Stephenson L. 🟨,
85', Valery Y. ↓, Palmer L. ↑,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Sheff Wed won 3.

Bolton has been playing with ups and downs recently (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Bolton may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

Bolton could have a small edge in this match.

In the last 18 head-to-head matches, Sheff Wed won 7 matches, drew 6 matches, lost 5 matches, and goals 24:21. (average 1.3:1.2).

Including home matches between the teams, Sheff Wed won 3 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 3 matches, and goals 10:11. (average 1.3:1.4).

Last Results with these Odds

Bolton Wanderers - the odds 1.94 are the expected chance of winning is 47.8%, but this team recently wins 62% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Sheffield Wednesday
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Oldham Athletic - Sheffield Wednesday	4:0 ✺
01.08.26	Accrington Stanley - Sheffield Wednesday	0:0 ✺
English League Championship
02.05.26	Sheffield Wednesday - West Bromwich Albion	2:1 ✺
25.04.26	Oxford United - Sheffield Wednesday	4:1 ✺
22.04.26	Middlesbrough - Sheffield Wednesday	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 12.9 LTWLL
- Bolton Wanderers
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Bolton Wanderers - NAC Breda	1:0 ✺
28.07.26	Fleetwood Town - Bolton Wanderers	1:1 ✺
25.07.26	Bolton Wanderers - Everton	0:0 ✺
21.07.26	Oldham Athletic - Bolton Wanderers	1:3 ✺
17.07.26	DAC Dunajská Streda - Bolton Wanderers	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8 WTTWL

Latest Head to Head

English League Cup
13.08.25	Bolton Wanderers - Sheffield Wednesday	3:4 penalties
English League One
17.03.23	Sheffield Wednesday - Bolton Wanderers	1:1
20.08.22	Bolton Wanderers - Sheffield Wednesday	0:2
09.04.22	Bolton Wanderers - Sheffield Wednesday	1:1
09.10.21	Sheffield Wednesday - Bolton Wanderers	1:0
English League Championship
12.03.19	Bolton Wanderers - Sheffield Wednesday	0:2
27.11.18	Sheffield Wednesday - Bolton Wanderers	1:0

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