Wolves v Bolton Wanderers

Well, that's the hard ones out of the way, now bring on the easier games, starting with arguably the most improved side this season in Bolton.

After another valiant effort against a big side, will Mick McCarthy go for two up front or stick to what he knows is successful and keep a five man midfield against a good footballing side? All will depend on whether Kevin Doyle can play with a broken hand and Dave Edwards can shake off a tweak in his thigh. Stephen Ward is struggling to overcome a gash to the leg from a reckless challenge from Cesc Fabregas so George Elokobi will be most likely to step in.

You have got to be impressed with Bolton this season. Owen Coyle's inherited a squad full of good quality players that Gary Megson couldn't get the best out of and has them playing good attacking football. Topscorer Johan Elmander was a handful when he came off the bench last season and is starting to show his quality under Coyle so it's good news that he's fighting a virus. Gretar Steinsson is suspended after already picking up five bookings.

I'll have to predict a narrow win to us. Bolton have the last four away games on the bounce and we need to pick up the points now, and how!

'Grobs'

POSSIBLE LINE-UPS

WOLVES (4-5-1): Hahnemann; Foley, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi; Jarvis, Milijas, Henry, Edwards, Hunt; Doyle. Subs: Hennessey, van Damme, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher, Jones, Mancienne, Mouyokolo

BOLTON (4-4-2): Jaaskelainen; Ricketts, Knight, Cahill, Robinson; Lee, Holden, Muamba, Petrov; Kevin Davies, Klasnic. Subs: Bogdan, Taylor, Mark Davies, Moreno, Blake, Cohen, Alonso

ODDS (with William Hill) (see more odds)

WIN: Wolves 7/5; Draw 11/5; Bolton 2/1

FIRST GOALSCORER: Wolves - Steven Fletcher 6/1, Doyle 6/1, Ebanks-Blake 15/2, Hunt 9/1, Jarvis 10/1, Milijas 14/1, Stearman 50/1; Bolton - Davies 13/2, Klasnic 15/2, Petrov 10/1, Taylor 12/1, Lee 14/1, Holden 16/1, Cahill 25/1

KEY PLAYER: Lee Chung-Yong (that right?). The Korean winger was a right handful at the Reebok last season and is looking like one of Bolton's standout players.

WEAKEST LINK: Paul Robinson. The former Sandwell man has a bit of a hardman reputation and is pretty card prone.

NOTABLE MUTUAL ALUMNI: Mark Davies, Mixu Paatelainen, Nathan Blake, Terry Wharton, Hugh Curran

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