Reading strikers Jamie Mackie and Pavel Pogrebnyak are out with hamstring and calf strains respectively.
Spacer
Defender Anton Ferdinand is also out with a calf strain but fellow defender Alex Pearce is back from suspension.
New signing Eidur Gudjohnsen is in the Bolton squad and Andy Lonergan is set to stay in goal as Adam Bogdan recovers from his injured fingers.
Josh Vela should hold on to the right-back berth as Kevin McNaughton still has hamstring problems.
Spacer
Head to Head
Spacer
• Bolton and Reading have played each other 26 times. Bolton have won 13, Reading have won 9 with the other 4 being drawn.
• Reading won the last meeting 7-1 at the Madejski Stadium in January - their only win in the last four meetings.
• Reading have won four of the last five meetings at home, losing one. Bolton's only win there since 1993 was 2-0 in the Premier League in February 2008.
Spacer
Reading
Spacer
• Reading won 2-1 at Norwich last Saturday, after losing their previous two games.
• Reading lost their last home game 1-0 against Charlton on 8 November, after winning their previous two games at the Madejski Stadium.
• Tomorrow’s fixture with Bolton Wanderers carries a more than noticeable association with the number seven. Last season, Nigel Adkins’ men thumped seven goals past the Trotters as they recorded their biggest win for over 34 years. The victory, secured by a hat-trick from Adam Le Fondre and goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak, Hope Akpan, Kaspars Gorkss and Nick Blackman, saw Reading ripple the net seven times for the first time since overcoming Barnsley at Elm Park on December 29th, 1979. The Royals head into tomorrow’s match looking to bag their eighth win of the current campaign, having been victorious on seven occasions since August. And, what’s more, children under the age of seven can gain free entry to tomorrow’s encounter with Wanderers, as part of Reading’s Super 7s campaign.
Spacer
Bolton Wanderers
Spacer
• Bolton have won three of their last four games, drawing the other one. Their last defeat was 2-1 at Norwich on 31 October.
• Bolton have lost eight of their 11 away games in all competitions this season, winning two and drawing one.
• Darren Pratley doesn’t often get to be the bearer of good tidings but that could be about to change as the hard-working midfielder continues to reinvent himself under Neil Lennon.There haven’t been too many moments to savour for the Londoner since he arrived at the club two-and-a-half years ago.A continual stream of bad news: Relegation, Championship struggle and his personal battle to earn a regular first team spot under three successive managers have meant Pratley is more often the man turned to by the club to explain away a poor run of form, or a difficult defeat.On the pitch, Pratley has also had his work cut out winning over the fans and proving his could be just as influential for Bolton as he was at Swansea in this division not so long ago.Now, it appears his graft is paying off. Pratley, like the team, has enjoyed an upturn of form since Lennon walked through the doors and is now able to speak in glowing terms about a good run of results – just for a change.
10 points from the play offs and 4 points away from the bottom 3. Much better than when I had my panic attack after the norwich game. Wigan 2nd from bottom now, things are going from worse to worst for dave whelan.
With a lot of Lennon and BSA comparison talk going around I watched the Hammers game today. If Lennon is half as good as BSA was for BWFC then we are on to a winner.
comment by Bennythedip (U9359)
posted 1 minute ago
I am just a bit wary of Leicester with lennons connections in the past coming in for him if they decide to sack pearson.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Can't see him being lured away anytime soon, as he is probably extremely satisfied with what's happening at Bolton.
