Bolton Wanderers injury concerns on Afolayan as Dempsey and Kachunga update emerges

Bolton Wanderers are managing Dapo Afolayan carefully as the attacker is carrying a groin injury while Elias Kachunga looks set to be available against Plymouth Argyle but Kyle Dempsey may miss out.

Afolayan is Bolton's top scorer this season with 13 goals in all competitions, 11 of which have come in League One.

Boss Ian Evatt says the attacker is playing with a groin injury at present and he will be assessed after the 1-1 draw against Morecambe to see if he will be in a fit enough state to play against the Green Army.

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Wanderers will have attacker Kachunga back fit to face Plymouth it seems after he has returned to training from a thigh problem which has kept him out since early January.

But midfielder Kyle Dempsey appears to be more likely to be back for the away clash against Crewe Alexandra later on this month than this Saturday's game versus the Devon side.

Evatt however has plenty of resources and competition in those areas of the pitch and was also pleased to see that midfielder MJ Williams escaped a yellow card against the Shrimps which would have been his 10th of the season and meant an automatic two-game suspension.

Evatt said: “He (Afolayan) is (an important player) and we’ll manage him as best we can. I think it became more and more sore tonight so we’ll have to see how that is for Saturday.

"It’s good that MJ has escaped the threshold for the yellow cards and it’s nice to see another manager (Derek Adams) booked instead of myself! We’ll regroup and debrief tomorrow and go again for Saturday.

“It’s competitive isn’t it and we’ve got some really good players. Kieran (Sadlier) is crying out for a start,