Bolton Wanderers are back in action after a ten-day break between games as they travel down to Exeter City for a Sky Bet League Two fixture at St James’ Park.
Pre-Match Quotes:
Ian Evatt: “We’ve been working hard these past 10 days on different things. Am I going to tell you what I’m going to do? No, of course not. We have worked extremely hard for 10 days, the lads have trained exceptionally well.
“There are lots of benefits from the extra training time we've had recently. There's been plenty of hard graft and we'll see how the players react at Exeter on Tuesday evening."
Matt Taylor: (On the Grecians Emirates FA Cup exit to Sheffield Wednesday at the weekend) “I am really disappointed because it is a missed opportunity.
“We spoke before the game about what a fantastic opportunity it was for this club and this group of players, but we just didn’t have quite enough.
“We didn’t work as hard as the game went on and we became disappointed with ourselves, disappointed with our mistakes.
“If you don’t want to make mistakes, then play better than we did at times.
“We played well in patches, but I am disappointed with the nature of the personalities of that group of players as the game went on.
How to watch:
Wanderers supporters can watch the clash with Exeter City by purchasing an iFollow BWFC video match pass for just £10 you don’t have to miss a kick.
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Team News:
Wanderers will be without defender Peter Kioso who has returned to his parent club Luton Town after they exercised their right to recall him from his loan spell.
Reiss Greenidge will serve a one-match suspension following his red card in Wanderers’ last outing against Crawley Town.
Evatt will be without new loan signing Declan John after the defender sustained a hamstring injury in training, while new recruit Kieran Lee could be in line to make his Wanderers debut.
Bookies Odds:
Exeter City win: 3/4
Draw: 11/4
Bolton Wanderers win: 16/5
Correct as of 12/01/2021 (9.30am) on skybet.com
Form:
Ian Evatt’s men will be looking to bounce back from their narrow defeat to Crawley Town last time out and build on their previous away performance where they came back from three goals down to draw 3-3 at Carlisle United.
With Kieran Lee now in their ranks, Wanderers have an exciting and experienced player who played 20-plus games for Sheffield Wednesday in the Sky Bet Championship last season.
Prior to the weekend's FA Cup defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, Exeter draw at home against Forest Green Rovers and lost at home to Harrogate Town. Since a 4-1 win at Grimsby Town at the start of December, the Grecians have won just once - that was an emphatic 5-0 home victory against Tranmere Rovers.
Last time out:
Wanderers picked up a 4-1 victory against the Grecians in the last match between these two sides when they met at Burnden Park in March 1993.
Goals from Tony Kelly, Jason McAteer, Andy Walker and John McGinlay sealed the points for Bruce Rioch’s men as they went on to eventually finish second and win automatic promotion to the second tier.
Match Officials:
Referee: Sam Allison.
Assistant Referees: Robert Dabbs and Mark Derrien.
Fourth Official: Adam Ricketts.