Match Info
Opposition
Last season was Bolton’s first back in the third-tier of English football after being in League Two the year before. Manager Ian Evatt led the Wanderers to a comfortable ninth-placed finish.
Oladapo Afolayan was a key player in Bolton’s top-half campaign, picking up 12 goals and four assists, but Amadou Bakayoko wasn’t far off him picking up 11 goals and three assists.
Stats Buzz
The last time Watford and Bolton played each other in league competition was in February 2015, ending in a 4-3 win for the Hornets in the Championship.
Over 20 players have worn both Watford and Bolton shirts throughout their careers, including Paul Robinson and Marvin Sordell.
The Golden Boys and the Wanderers met for the first time in August 1969, with the match concluding as a goalless draw.
Been At Both
Sordell wore both yellow and white during his 10-year professional career. Rising through the Watford Academy, the Englishman made over 80 appearances at Vicarage Road.
A dynamic striker in the early part of his career, Sordell notched 27 goals in all competitions, eventually joining Bolton on transfer deadline day in January 2012. The former Hornet would play 29 times for the Trotters over a two-year stint.
Head To Head
Overall:
Won: 16
Drawn: 5
Lost: 12
Last Four:
February 2015: Bolton Wanderers 3-4 Watford (Championship)
August 2014: Watford 3-0 Bolton Wanderers (Championship)
February 2014: Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Watford (Championship)
November 2013: Watford 0-1 Bolton Wanderers (Championship)
Last Time Out
In 2015, Troy Deeney notched a late winner in a seven-goal thriller against Bolton on their way to promotion.
The Hornets were kept in the encounter with goals from an in-form Odion Ighalo, Almen Abdi and Joel Ekstrand, with Watford’s number nine securing the 4-3 victory away from home.
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