Elias Kachunga believes Bolton Wanderers must win all of their remaining games and see where it takes them in the League One play-offs race.
03.03.2022 - 13:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bolton Wanderers have 11 games left to go of their League One season as they aim to make a late charge for the League One play-offs.
Wanderers sit 11th in the third tier of English football following last weekend's loss on the road to MK Dons, as well as the midweek action in the divison.
Ian Evatt's side had no midweek clash, which was welcome after the busy and intense Saturday-Tuesday fixture schedule they experienced in February.
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Bolton will be aiming to return to winning ways this Saturday when they make the long journey down to Kent to face relegation-threatened Gillingham.
The clash is away from home and Wanderers have been in great form this season in League One at the University of Bolton Stadium, sitting fifth in standings in this area.
And in terms of current winning runs at home, they are better than most of the entire Premier League and EFL clubs.
Middlesbrough lead the list with eight current wins at home on the bounce in all competitions, including victories in extra-time as well.
But Wanderers have six in a row, the same as Liverpool after Jurgen Klopp's side overcame Norwich City in the FA Cup at Anfield last night.
The home winning run places Wanderers ahead of Chelsea too who have five victories in a row, with League Two outfit Mansfield Town next on the list with four.
Bolton's home winning run began with a 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town, which was followed up with the 6-0 demolition of Sunderland at the end of January.
Wanderers continued this run with the 2-0 win over Cambridge United, before the 2-1 victory against Chalrton Athletic.
And there were two more victories in the space of four days in
Elias Kachunga believes Bolton Wanderers must win all of their remaining games and see where it takes them in the League One play-offs race.
Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made one change for this afternoon's game on the road against Crewe Alexandra from the side which lost to Plymouth Argyle.
Crewe Alex boss David Artell believes Bolton Wanderers are on a par with where they should be in League One at this moment in time after their January transfer window activity.
Bolton Wanderers' upcoming home clash against Portsmouth has been postponed owing to international call-ups for both sides and rescheduled.
Gary Neville believes Manchester City still have the edge in the title race, but he believes Liverpool have gained a big advantage in recent weeks.
Bolton Wanderers' upcoming League One clash against Wigan Athletic has been moved to a lunchtime kick-off.
Plymouth Argyle's win on the road over Bolton Wanderers shows the progress the Devon side have made as they made it three wins in a row in the race for the League One play-offs.
Steven Schumacher believes Bolton still have the ability to be in the mix and challenge for the play-offs due to their form and the way they play the game after his Plymouth Argyle side's victory over Wanderers.
Bolton Wanderers suffered their first home defeat since mid-January in League One with a slender 1-0 loss against Plymouth Argyle.
Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has opted to make one change from the side which drew against Morecambe in midweek for today's encounter versus Plymouth Argyle.
Elias Kachunga has returned to availability for Bolton Wanderers after overcoming a thigh problem which kept him out since early January and could play a part against Plymouth Argyle tomorrow.
Bolton Wanderers are purely focusing on taking care of business themselves in their chase for the League One play-offs in a tough division as Ian Evatt is delighted with where his fairly young team is at present.
Ian Evatt says Bolton Wanderers are fully focused on reaching the League One play-offs this season but admits the club will move on to next campaign if the form earlier in the season ends up costing them in their quest for the top six.
Ian Evatt admits on the paper the clash on the road against Gillingham does appear to have the hallmarks of 'Kryptonite' for Bolton Wanderers this season but called for belief from his side and to stick to what they are good at to overcome any potential struggles.
Mo Eisa did not handball for MK Dons' opener against Bolton and keeping a clean sheet against a free scoring Wanderers side will please Liam Manning.
Ian Evatt believes Bolton possess 'serious pace and energy' at the moment as the Wanderers boss expects his side to make full use of counter-attacks against MK Dons this weekend.