Southampton vs Bolton Wanderers prediction | 17 Oct 2026 | xGtoday

17 October 2026
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19%
4.83

Southampton
Ranking: #134 overall, #23 in England

70.3 → 70.2 (-0.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-1 08 Sep Swansea City (H) 69.5 -0.2
4-1 12 Sep Bristol City (H) 68.8 -0.7
2-1 19 Sep Wrexham (A) 69.7 +0.9
1-0 11 Oct Portsmouth (H) 69.4 -0.3
0-1 14 Oct Norwich City (A) 70.2 +0.8
Bolton Wanderers
Ranking: #423 overall, #51 in England

58.1 → 59.0 (+0.9 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 08 Sep West Ham (H) 58.1 +0.1
1-0 12 Sep Cardiff City (H) 57.3 -0.8
3-4 20 Sep Norwich City (A) 58.1 +0.8
1-2 10 Oct Stoke City (H) 59.2 +1.1
1-3 13 Oct Wolves (A) 59.0 -0.2

Southampton vs Bolton Wanderers: by the numbers

There are 289 places between these two in our European rankings, with Southampton the higher, and 28 places between them in England.

Bolton Wanderers arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.9 rating points over their last 10 matches against Southampton's -0.1.

The highest Southampton have ever stood in our European rankings is #23, first reached on 10 August 2020.

Bolton Wanderers first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 66.8 on 4 August 2018.