Bolton Wanderers vs Middlesbrough - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to widen their unbeaten tally to 3 matches, Bolton Wanderers invited promotion-chasing Middlesbrough to Toughsheet Community Stadium successful the Championship connected Friday night.

The Wanderers picked up a commendable stock of the spoils astatine the basal of Southampton past weekend, whilst Boro produced a second-half comeback to snatch a constituent disconnected Cardiff City connected Teesside.

Match preview

Following a seven-year absence, erstwhile Premier League regulars Bolton Wanderers are backmost successful the Championship and ruffling immoderate feathers, hellbent connected avoiding occupation astatine the ft of the array successful 2026-27.

Since a disappointing location decision by Stoke City aft the planetary break, the Wanderers person collected a respectable 4 points from second-tier clashes astatine Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1) and Southampton (0-0).

Losing conscionable 1 of their past 5 matches and earning 10 points wrong that productive spell, Bolton are presently occupying 15th spot successful the Championship standings, six points supra the relegation portion astatine the 11-game mark.

After a brace of inspired displays astatine Molineux and St Mary's Stadium implicit the past week, Steven Schumacher's troops instrumentality to Toughsheet Community Stadium connected Friday, with the Wanderers losing 3 of their past 4 location fixtures.

A 3rd cleanable expanse of the play connected the South Coast past clip retired volition boost the assurance of the hosts, who past enjoyed triumph implicit Middlesbrough during a Championship location fixture successful April 2013.

Continuing connected the Premier League-chasing trail, Middlesbrough stretched their unbeaten league tally to an awesome 9 matches (W5 D4) with a 2-2 gully astatine location against Cardiff past Saturday afternoon.

Following an insipid first-half performance, Boro showcased their enviable squad extent with important half-time substitutions earlier Will Lankshear and Tommy Conway netted to salvage a constituent for the hosts.

After extending their unbeaten streak astatine the Riverside Stadium to 7 matches successful each competitions truthful far, Middlesbrough moved up to 3rd spot successful the Championship table, a azygous constituent down existent pacesetters Swansea City.

Only 8 of Boro's 22 second-tier points person arrived distant from Teesside this term, however, Kim Hellberg's men are inactive a pugnacious seed to ace connected the road, losing conscionable 1 of their 5 league outings (W2 D2).

Friday's visitors boast an exceptional caller head-to-head grounds against Bolton, with Middlesbrough winning each of the past 9 competitory clashes with the Wanderers dating backmost to August 2014.

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Team News

Missing the past 5 matches due to the fact that of a groin injury, Bolton centre-back Chris Forino is expected backmost successful aboriginal November.

After a man-of-the-match show successful the Southampton stalemate past clip out, Lewis Brunt volition clasp his spot alongside skipper Eoin Toal successful defence.

There could beryllium immoderate attacking alterations for the Wanderers, though, with Ruben Rodrigues and Theo Bair pushing for starts.

Whilst chap strikers Lankshear and Conway find the net, Middlesbrough's David Strelec continues to retrieve from a muscular injury.

Playing conscionable 12 minutes of competitory shot for Boro since a summertime power from Hajduk Split, Rokas Pukstas is besides sidelined.

Into his 2nd play astatine the Teesside club, centre-back Alfie Jones is connected the attraction array dealing with a calf issue.

Bolton Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:

Bazunu; Stephenson, Toal, Brunt, Famewo; Simons, Sheehan, Larrazabal, Rodrigues, Gale; Dalby

Middlesbrough imaginable starting lineup:

Vitek; Brittain, Malanda, Phillips, Borges; Morris, Berhalter, Cozier-Duberry, McGree, Conway; Lankshear

We say: Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Middlesbrough

Conceding astatine slightest 2 goals successful six of their past 7 competitory matches, Middlesbrough are apt to find themselves amongst the chaos erstwhile again connected Friday night.

Bolton person a caller way grounds of upsetting the Championship's apical sides and should beryllium assured of earning astatine slightest a constituent connected location soil.

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