Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Bolton Wanderers U18 5th on 54, Walsall U18 20th on 27. On recent form Walsall U18 sat only 37th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 20th overall.
A win had eluded Walsall U18 for 5 matches. Bolton Wanderers U18 carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Walsall U18 held 1 points of 15 and Bolton Wanderers U18 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Walsall U18 win, 3 for Bolton Wanderers U18, 1 draw, at 4.4 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.