WANDERERS have created more ‘big chances’ than anyone else in League One this season.

Data from Sofascore.com has revealed the Whites lead the way by some distance from their rivals when it comes to making clear-cut goalscoring opportunities.

Ian Evatt’s men have created 38 ‘big chances’ in their 13 games to date, which even puts them five clear of runaway league leaders Birmingham City.

But it will come as no surprise to the Wanderers fans that converting those chances has been more problematic, and only Rotherham United have managed to miss more so far.

Stats company Opta define a ‘big chance’ as: “A situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score, usually in a one on one scenario or from very close range when the ball has a clear path to goal and there is low to moderate pressure on the shooter. Penalties are always considered big chances.”

Wanderers have created on average just under three ‘big chances’ per game this season, their biggest return coming against Peterborough United at home. On that occasion Klaidi Lolos converted one of six chances that Bolton could – according to the definition – could reasonably have been expected to take.

According to Sofascore, who obtain much of their data from Opta, Exeter City and Burton Albion at home are the only other occasions where the Whites have missed more than one big chance in a single game.

But which players have been the guiltiest parties for Wanderers this season?

Dion Charles has scored seven goals in all competitions this season and once again leads the club’s scoring charts – but his total should theoretically be much higher, with 10 big chances falling by the wayside.

The Northern Ireland international has missed as many as the rest of the team put together – with John McAtee (three) and Aaron Collins (two) the next up.

Wanderers have taken a total of 244 shots at goal, which is the third highest total in League One behind Stockport County (248) and Rotherham United (284). Their conversion rate – i.e. the percentage of those shots which is turned into goals – is currently at nine per cent, which places them 10th in the division.

Peterborough United convert the most shots into goals, at 14.5 per cent, while Rotherham provide the lowest return at just 4.9 per cent.