| Wolves | v | BOLTON WANDERERS | LIVE Match Thread |
| Venue | Molineux |
| Date | Saturday 20th September at 15:00 |
| Competition | SKYBET Championship |
| Live | http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/285893 |
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| Wolves boss Kenny Jackett has no new injury or suspension concerns and is likely to name an unchanged side. |
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| New signing Tommy Rowe (toe) is pushing to make his debut while captain Sam Ricketts is still waiting for his first league appearance of the season. |
| Striker Max Clayton is available for Bolton after the England youth international signed a three-year contract earlier this week. |
| Goalkeeper Andy Lonergan has shaken off a slight knock and is fit. |
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| Head to Head |
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| • Bolton and Wolves have played each other 124 times. Bolton have won 50, Wolves have won 51 with the other 23 being drawn. |
| • Bolton won the last meeting 2-0 at the Macron Stadium in April last year, and are unbeaten in their last three visits to Molineux, winning two. |
| • Bolton are unbeaten in the last seven meetings, winning five. Wolves' last win was 2-1 at Molineux in the Premier League in December 2009. |
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| Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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| • Kenny Jackett today insisted Wolves’ lack of finishing won’t affect their Championship destiny this season. |
| • Jackett’s side go into today’s visit of Bolton in fourth spot after four wins and two draws in the first seven games. They also go into the weekend boasting the best defensive record in the Championship with just three goals conceded. |
| • Midfielder Lee Evans today set his sights on Bolton Wanderers and warned Wolves are close to giving someone a walloping. |
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| Bolton Wanderers |
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| • Bolton won 3-2 against Rotherham at home on Tuesday - their first league win of the season, but have lost all three of their away games in the league, against Watford, Brighton and Leeds. |
| • Dougie Freedman believes he can turn new signing Max Clayton into the goalscorer Wanderers fans have been waiting for. The Whites boss ended a summer-long battle to sign the former Crewe striker this week and could name him on the bench at Wolves this afternoon. While the Scot is reluctant to put too much pressure on the 20-year-old right away, he is confident the England youth international has the raw talent to become a success at the Macron Stadium. |
| • Football fans find lots of reasons to start a rivalry – most often geography, sometimes envied success, but every once in a while a fixture crops up that just brings out the worst in everyone... Wednesday, May 17, 1995, and Alan Thompson’s corner was bouncing around the Wolves box at Burnden Park with Wanderers trying to get themselves back into the game. Amidst the sea of bodies, keeper Mike Stowell dived on the ball. Standing above him, David Kelly aimed a shove at John McGinlay, who then swung what he later described as a “little tap" in return. Irishman Kelly landed flat on his back. To those of us who were watching on TV, the action was described thus: “McGinlay’s gone in fighting for it, Stowell has gone in bravely," roared commentator Alan Parry on the night. “A punch was thrown! A punch was thrown!" |
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| Team | Possible (TBC) | |
| 24 | Andy Lonergan | |
| 03 | Dean Moxey | |
| 05 | Tim Ream | |
| 19 | Owen Garvan | |
| 04 | Matt Mills | |
| 14 | Dorian Dervite | |
| 06 | Jay Spearing | |
| 07 | Liam Feeney | |
| 16 | Mark Davies | |
| 27 | Chung-Yong Lee | |
| 09 | Joe Mason | |
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| 34 | Ross Fitzsimons | |
| 44 | Medo | |
| 10 | Jermaine Beckford | |
| 18 | Neil Danns | |
| 21 | Darren Pratley | |
| 28 | Craig Davies | |
| 26 | Andy Hughes | |
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