Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made two changes to his team to take on Cheltenham Town from the Easter Monday win over Accrington Stanley.
04.04.2022 - 19:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bolton Wanderers are aiming to return to winning ways at home when they host Portsmouth.
Wanderers return to the University of Bolton Stadium tomorrow evening when they take on Pompey in a game which has been rearranged to an 8pm kick-off due to the international break.
It is an encounter between two sides sitting midtable in League One with both sides sitting 11 points from the play-offs, with both sides harbouring now slim hopes of reaching the top six by the end of April.
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It is a key fixture in that sense with the side which emerges victorious still at least in the conversation, with the one tasting defeat surely out of it.
Before the game, Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has spoken to the press and here's what he has had to say to broadcasters on the match, reflecting on the point against Wigan Athletic, and the present injury situation heading into the encounter.
How’s the situation with knocks and injuries?
“I think we’re okay. Kyle Dempsey had a bit of a knock, Dapo Afolayan has a bit of a knock, but other than that I think we’re okay. We’ll have to look at those two for tomorrow, but other than that we’re alright.”
Any positive developments regarding Declan John?
“He still has that back injury so that’s as far as it goes.”
Looking back at Wigan, it was good to see the players self policing after the first 30 minutes and the consensus seems to be that if the game had gone on a few more minutes, Bolton would have gone on to get all three points in that game?
“The first half an hour, we did nothing. We didn’t compete, we didn’t challenge, we didn’t win duels, first contacts, second phases, and then on the other flip side
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