Bolton Wanderers' upcoming League One clash against Wigan Athletic has been moved to a lunchtime kick-off.
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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.
Wanderers travel to Stadium MK tomorrow afternoon as third takes on 10th in the League One standings.
Ian Evatt's side sit five points from the play-offs heading into tomorrow afternoon's encounter, while the Dons are three points from the automatic promotion places.
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And Bolton can narrow their deficit to the top six with a win and potentially put themselves that much closer to being in the conversation for the play-offs at the end of the campaign.
Wanderers have taken 25 points from their last 10 games, the joint best tally in League One over the period along with leaders Rotherham United.
Bolton have also scored 25 goals in that time, the best in the division, and possess some serious firepower in the final third thanks to their January transfer window business to supplement existing talent.
The Wanderers boss expects to have less of the ball than his side typically enjoys at home, but believes Wanderers can make use of their pace and speed they have in the team to hurt the Dons in key moments.
And with a dozen games left to go this season, Evatt knows it will take a huge effort to get to where they want to be in the top six by the end of the season.
Evatt said: "I think it’s going to be a good game, a challenging game. I think it’s going to be a real technical game and tactical battle.
"We might not have the majority of the ball, we might have to play a slightly different style and play a little bit on transitions and
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