Bolton Wanderers vs Sheffield Wednesday LIVE: Early team news, match updates & reaction

Bolton Wanderers will be seeking to extend their unbeaten start to the new season when they take on Sheffield Wednesday.

More than 21,000 tickets have been sold for the clash at the University of Bolton Stadium as the hosts aim to top their record crowd since dropping out of the Premier League. Some 5,000 Owls fans poised to be in attendance too as two of the sides with aspirations to be near the top of the table by the end of the season will take on each other.

Wanderers go into the encounter unbeaten so far this season and are fourth in the table on eight points. The Owls are just behind the Whites with seven points, and sit eighth after the midweek loss on the road to Peterborough United.

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It is one of, if not the, game of the days in League One this afternoon as two sides with Premier League heritage and history take on one another. Wanderers will be seeking to ensure they remain unbeaten by 5pm and pick up a big result against one of the other sides with aspirations of promotion this campaign.

We'll be live throughout the day to cover the events at the University of Bolton Stadium. We'll bring you all the build-up, team news, match action and reaction as the Whites aim for three points at home.

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Ian Evatt wants his Bolton Wanderers side to embrace the expectancy upon his side this season ahead of his team's clash against Sheffield Wednesday and believes how the Whites respond to moments of adversity will define their campaign.

Expectation has risen at Wanderers