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Bolton 1-2 Liverpool

Venue : Macron Stadium
Date : Wednesday 4th Feb at 19:45
Competition : FA Cup 4th Round Replay

Live on BBC 1

Bolton midfielder Darren Pratley will miss Wednesday's FA Cup replay against Liverpool with a torn hamstring.

Strikers Craig Davies and Emile Heskey are battling hamstring problems, while goalkeeper Adam Bogdan (ankle) is out.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is fit to make his 700th club appearance after being rested against West Ham at the weekend because of a tight hamstring.

Daniel Sturridge, injured for five months before scoring in Saturday's 2-0 win, is likely to be on the bench.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has indicated he will make several changes for the FA Cup trip to Bolton to keep his team fresh for a busy February.

Wednesday's fourth-round replay is the first of a minimum of five matches in 23 days for Rodgers' side - and that tally will rise to six if they win at the Macron Stadium and secure an fifth-round tie at Crystal Palace.

Liverpool visit Merseyside rivals Everton on Saturday, and there are further Premier League matches against Tottenham and Southampton, as well as a two-legged Europa League round-of-32 tie against Turkish side Besiktas.

"When you have so many games you have to plan forward and look at that but I always believe the next game is very important and I will always pick a team I think can win the game," Rodgers said.

"It will be a tough game for us. We have a big month coming up and we want to continue in the cup competitions as well as keeping the momentum going in the league.

"Where I need to change and rotate I will do that but the objective is still the same, to get three points or get through to the next round."

Championship side Bolton earned a replay with a 0-0 draw at Anfield on 24 January, but are beset by injury problems, while seven of manager Neil Lennon's transfer window signings are ineligible because they were not registered for the first tie.

Ben Amos, Adam Le Fondre, Rochinha, Barry Bannan, Simeon Slavchev, Filip Twardzik and Saidy Janko are unable to play.

Lennon has said the return from injury of Liverpool's Sturridge - who scored eight goals in 12 games during a loan spell at Bolton in 2011 - could cause his team problems.

"He's been missed, there's no question of that," he said. "He'll be hungry to play and that's obviously very dangerous for us.

"I think he walked round the back of the goal in the first tie and got a huge reception from the Bolton fans. Speaking to the chairman about him, he said he was fantastic here so I think he'll get a nice reception. But if he scores that might change a little bit."

comment by Admin1 (U1)

posted on 4/2/15

All my bets down but great excitement.

posted on 4/2/15

Oh no, Ang- Cat is right.
I was a slave to Ruby's baps.

posted on 4/2/15

Afraid Fin may have missed the cut

posted on 4/2/15

Leaving you to it now boys. Night night

posted on 4/2/15

Ooohh Fin getting close. .....I

posted on 4/2/15

Night all

posted on 4/2/15

Night RiD and you Trotters

Back to normal, Saturday ?

comment by Maяcо (U1329)

posted on 4/2/15

comment by Admin1 (U1)
posted 29 minutes ago
All my bets down but great excitement.
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Well at least you.enjoyed yourself.

Now, how are you going to feed these.kids?

posted on 4/2/15

Just watching the start of tonights more, interviewing McGinlay, Lee and Kelly in mcginlays pub the bay horse whilst watching the 2 third round games in 93. That team had a bit of fire power in Lee mcginlay and walker something we do not have at the moment.

posted on 4/2/15

More=motd(match of the day). Stupid tablet.

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