Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham preview: Team news, opposition lowdown and score prediction

West Ham will be looking to continue their uptick in form against Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday.

After starting the Championship season with no wins from the opening three games, Nuno Espirito Santo's side have won their last two.

The Portuguese manager has seemingly found the recipe needed, with seven goals scored over those pair of fixtures.

Promotion is the ambition, and that level of form can get the Irons up the table quickly.

However, they will need to be consistent in that regard with the fixture against Bolton Wanderers the perfect chance to prove they can.

As West Ham gear up for their away trip to Bolton for an 8pm kick-off on 8 September, West Ham Zone prepares you with all in the information you need to know.

What is West Ham's latest team news?

Nuno will be sweating on the fitness of both Pablo and Taty Castellanos following the 3-0 win against Derby County.

Pablo had to withdraw late from West Ham's squad against the Rams, with it later emerging it was due to picking up a knock.

Castellanos was also withdrawn after 64 minutes, with the Argentine visibly moving gingerly off the pitch.

In his post-match press conference, Nuno stated on both: "That’s a concern. Let’s see how both of them are. Hope they recover for Bolton."

The Hammers are also without the injured Tomas Soucek, who is still recovering from the injury he sustained at the 2026 World Cup.

He should be returning within the next month or so.

How are Bolton Wanderers performing this season?

If West Ham are hoping to continue their run of form and further boost confidence, then the game against Bolton is the perfect chance.

Ahead of the fixture, the Wanderers are currently sat in 21st place, with just one win, one draw and three losses from five matches.

Steven Schumacher's side have not won a match since the opening weekend of the Championship, with the last three all resulting in a loss.

Bolton also struggle to score goals as well, with just four scored over their five games so far.

West Ham and Bolton have not faced each other in league action since 2011.

But, the home side have beaten the Hammers in the last seven league games between 2008 and 2011.

What we predict for Bolton vs West Ham

Although that historical precedent could return to haunt West Ham, the contrasting form of both side's leans us towards a win for the Irons.

With Bolton's poor form in front of goal, and West Ham firing the goals in recently, a 2-0 win away from home is what we expect.

Despite possible injuries to Castellanos and Pablo, Joel Piroe has so far proven to be a good pick-up, and he can certainly fill the void.