Bolton Wanderers face Salford City at the University of Bolton Stadium on Tuesday evening in their first group game of the EFL Trophy.
Wanderers will be looking to become the first club ever to win the EFL Trophy back-to-back, after winning it last season, beating Plymouth 4-0 in April at Wembley Stadium in what is a memorable day for all Bolton fans.
The Trotters got back to winning ways on Saturday afternoon beating Derby County 2-1, after having failed to win any of their previous three games in all competitions.
Salford have started their League Two campaign poorly, only winning two of their opening six games. City aren’t living up to expectations after being tipped to be near the top of the league after their play-off semi-final defeat last season.
Bolton are expected to make a number of changes with some of their players on international duty, potentially giving some of their B team players a chance to impress.
Here is how we expect Bolton to line up against Salford City on Tuesday evening.
Team news
Bolton will be without player son international duty like Zac Ashworth (Wales U21s), Josh Sheehan (Wales), Eoin Toal and Dion Charles (Northern Ireland).
Luke Hutchinson could get a start in goal after being recalled from his loan at Hyde United, allowing Nathan Baxter to be rested.
Luke Matheson could be given a start form the B team, whilst we could also see rare stats for Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, Cameron Jerome and Aaron Morley.
Bolton’s predicted XI vs Salford: Hutchinson; Jones, Forrester, Iredale; Matheson, Morley, Maghoma, Thomason, Gomes; Bodvarsson, Jerome.