Sentence:  And with Bolton suffering a wretched run of five straight home defeats - their worst run in 109 years - Chelsea fans would have been forgiven for expecting a comfortable win./ But surely they did not <WSD>anticipate</WSD> the ease with which their team raced into an almost impregnable half-time lead. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.