Manchester City prospect's impressive clean sheet haul for Bolton & place in League One standings

James Trafford is currently away from Manchster City spending the campaign out on loan at Bolton Wanderers.

The 20-year-old is at Wanderers for the season from City, where he is very highly rated. The prospect signed a new long-term deal with City over the summer which will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until mid-2027.

He joined Wanderers from City in the January transfer window, after a loan spell at Accrington Stanley came to an end. He proved to be a hit at Ian Evatt's side, as he became the club's number one goalkeeper in the the second half of the campaign in place of Joel Dixon.

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He returned to the Whites for the full 2022/23 campaign on loan from Pep Guardiola's side. He has continued from where he left off th previous campaign, being Bolton's first choice stopper once again.

Out of the 12 games Trafford has played for Wanderers in League One this season, he has kept clean sheets in exactly half of those games. Moreover, he is part of the bst defence in the division which has only conceded eight goals so far, the only team to have that number in single digits.

In fact, Trafford boasts the third best clean sheet ratio in the whole of League One at present. Only Sheffield Wednesday's David Stockdale and Plymouth Argyle's Michael Cooper have more with seven each.

Cooper has conceded 13 goals, with five of them coming when the 10-man Pilgrims were heavily beaten away to Charlton Athletic in August. Stockdale meanwhile has allowed 12.

Both have a 54 per cent clean sheet record this season. Bolton's on-loan City stopper Trafford comes next on 50 per cent with six from 12 games.

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