Bolton, who finished 13th last season, are again your typical mid-table team, with two wins, two draws and two defeats from their last six games. That said, they would have drawn at Old Trafford last Saturday had not Gary Cahill spurned a sitter in added time. In Kevin Davies they have a striker good enough to trouble any defence. Everton’s 5-0 loss to Benfica was a red herring, given the absence of so many regulars, but draws at home to Stoke and Wolves and a negative goal difference does not augur well. Joe Lovejoy

Venue Reebok Stadium Tickets £23-£31 (0844 871 2932) Last season Bolton 0 Everton 1 Referee P Dowd

This season’s matches 7 Y27, R4, 4.43 cards per game

sportingbet odds Bolton 17-10 Everton 7-5 Draw 11-5

Bolton

Subs from Al Habsi, A O’Brien, Robinson, Steinsson, M Davies, McCann, Klasnic, Elmander

Doubtful Elmander (hamstring)

Injured Davis (knee, Jun), J O’Brien (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide LDWDWL

Disciplinary record Y13 R1

Leading scorer Taylor, Cohen 3

Everton

Subs from Nash, Yakubu, Saha, Baines, Coleman, Agard, Baxter, Wallace, Duffy, Turner Doubtful Yobo (head), Baines (calf), Osman (ankle)

Injured Bilyaletdinov (thigh, Oct 31), Pienaar (knee, Nov), Neville (knee, Dec), Arteta (knee, Dec), Jagielka (knee, Dec), Anichebe (knee, Nov), Vaughan (knee, Jan)

Form guide DDWWLW Disciplinary record Y8 R0

Leading scorer Saha 5

Match pointers

• Bolton have failed to score in their last three meetings with Everton and have scored only twice in the last six games

• Everton have never scored more than two goals in away games at Bolton in the Premier League

• Bolton are the only side not to have kept a clean sheet this season

• Leon Osman is the most substituted player in the top-flight this season – he has been replaced seven times

• No team has conceded more times from corners than Bolton this season (four)

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