Wanderers have eight games still to play in League One, but how does their run-in compare to their promotion rivals?
The Whites currently sit in sixth place and have ensured they are right in the mix heading into the business end of the season.
Ian Evatt’s men can take plenty of encouragement from their 1-1 draw at leaders Sheffield Wednesday on Friday night, with Victor Adeboyejo getting on the scoresheet.
However, there are still several sides battling for a place in the top six and the final weeks of the campaign could be rather interesting.
The Bolton News has complied a list of each side’s remaining fixtures and a prediction for how they will fare in the coming weeks.
The predictions are based on football statistics website FiveThirtyEight’s predicted table, which is calculated using a wide range of data from the season so far.
Wanderers
Current position: 6th
Remaining fixtures: Exeter, Cambridge, Oxford, Burton, Shrewsbury, Accrington, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers
Predicted points tally: 16
Sheffield Wednesday
Current position: 1st
Remaining fixtures: Barnsley, Forest Green, Cheltenham, Lincoln, Oxford, Accrington, Burton, Bristol Rovers, Exeter, Shrewsbury, Derby
Predicted points tally: 23
Plymouth
Current position: 2nd
Remaining fixtures: Accrington, Morecambe, Lincoln, Exeter, Shrewsbury, Cambridge, Bristol Rovers, Burton, Port Vale
Predicted points tally: 17
Ipswich
Current position: 3rd
Remaining fixtures: Derby, Wycombe, Cheltenham, Charlton, Port Vale, Peterborough, Barnsley, Exeter, Fleetwood
Predicted points tally: 17
Barnsley
Current position: 4th
Remaining fixtures: Sheffield Wednesday, Exeter, Morecambe, Burton, Shrewsbury, Forest Green, Lincoln, Oxford, Ipswich, MK Dons, Peterborough
Predicted points tally: 22
Derby
Current position: 5th
Remaining fixtures: Peterborough, Ipswich, Forest Green, MK Dons, Bristol Rovers, Exeter, Burton, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday
Predicted points tally: 15
Peterborough
Current position: 7th
Remaining fixtures: Derby, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Cambridge, Accrington, Ipswich, Bristol Rovers, Barnsley
Predicted points tally: 14
Wycombe
Current position: 8th
Remaining fixtures: Charlton, MK Dons, Ipswich, Forest Green, Morecambe, Cambridge, Lincoln, Cheltenham, Portsmouth
Predicted points tally: 16
Portsmouth
Current position: 9th
Remaining fixtures: Port Vale, Forest Green, MK Dons, Morecambe, Shrewsbury, Oxford, Accrington, Derby, Wycombe
Predicted points tally: 16
Shrewsbury
Current position: 10th
Remaining fixtures: Bristol Rovers, Charlton, Peterborough, Barnsley, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Bolton, Sheffield Wednesday, Lincoln
Predicted points tally: 11
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