Saturday, April 24, 2010

Bolton vs Portsmouth Team Preview



On loan Manchester City midfielder Vladimir Weiss will start for Owen Coyle's Bolton Wanderers, while Portsmouth have no new injury concerns.

Pompey manager Avram Grant has been changing his squads regularly of late in order to keep players fresh for the FA Cup Final.

With Aruna Dindane ineligible to play in the league, Frederic Piquionne is likely to start upfront, supported by Tommy Smith, who has recovered from a broken nose.

Out, however, are Danny Webber, who has a knee injury, and Herman Hreidarsson, who has a calf injury.

Hassan Yebda is fit again and is set to start in midfield alongside Michael Brown and Kevin Prince Boateng.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle has a number of players returning from injury, including Chris Basham, Ricardo Gardner and defender Andy O'Brien.

None of the trio are expected to start with Coyle keeping faith with most of the starting XI that beat Stoke City 2-1 last time out.

Both Ivan Klasnic and fellow striker Johan Elmander are likely to start on the bench as Bolton play a 4-5-1 formation with Matt Taylor providing most of the attacking support to captain Kevin Davies.

KICK-OFF: SATURDAY APRIL 24th 15:00 GMT

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Bolton vs Portsmouth Team Preview