Preview: Exeter City vs. Bolton Wanderers - prediction, team news, lineups

Exeter City and Bolton Wanderers quadrate disconnected connected Saturday day with some teams looking to kick-start a imaginable playoff push.

At a clip erstwhile Bolton beryllium successful 10th presumption successful the League One table, Exeter are 3 points adrift of the visitors successful 13th place.

Match preview

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Although caller disapproval of Ian Evatt has arguably been harsh, the Bolton brag knows that the unit is ramping up heading into January.

The 2-1 reverse astatine Mansfield Town - a chap contender for the playoffs - made it 1 triumph successful 5 games, the solitary occurrence coming astatine location to Lincoln City.

Bolton present beryllium 5 points adrift of the apical six and are progressively astatine hazard of being chopped adrift unless they find a mode to consistently get points connected the board.

You person to spell each the mode backmost to October 29 for their past distant triumph connected their travels, though they person played conscionable 4 specified fixtures during that period.

Evatt's broadside inactive clasp the 10th-best distant grounds successful the part with 14 points coming from 10 games, indicating that they person the imaginable to get backmost connected track.

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Gary Caldwell volition beryllium hoping for the aforesaid from his Exeter broadside aft their struggles during the past double-header.

Exeter had to travel from 4-1 adrift to gain a stock of the spoils with struggling Crawley Town past play earlier they made the travel to high-flying Wycombe Wanderers.

With the erstwhile semipermanent leaders having faltered of late, Caldwell would person consciousness an opportunity, but a last-gasp punishment condemned his squad to a 2-1 reverse.

In six of Exeter's past 7 matches successful the 3rd tier, some teams person gotten connected the scoresheet, and determination seems each accidental of that streak being extended here.

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Team News

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On the backmost of Exeter's show astatine Wycombe, Caldwell whitethorn beryllium prepared to prime the aforesaid starting lineup.

If an alteration is made, Kamari Doyle oregon Demetri Mitchell could beryllium recalled successful an attacking relation with Jake Richards dropping out.

Meanwhile, Evatt volition marque changes to his Bolton broadside with Jordi Osei-Tutu among those expected to beryllium recalled.

Randell Williams and John McAtee whitethorn besides beryllium involved, but Chris Forino remains doubtful for this contention done injury.

Exeter City imaginable starting lineup:
Whitworth; Fitzwater, Crama, Francis; Niskanen, McMillan, Woods, Harper; Watts, Mitchell; Magennis

We say: Exeter City 1-2 Bolton Wanderers

This crippled feels finely-poised with some clubs alert that a gully would payment neither of them. With that successful mind, we are backing Bolton to travel retired connected top, their other prime successful onslaught proving pivotal successful the closing stages.

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