Doncaster Rovers sweat on duo's fitness but receive defender injury boost ahead of Bolton Wanderers

Doncaster Rovers are sweating on the fitness of a couple of players ahead of the clash against Bolton Wanderers but have been boosted by the return of defender Kyle Knoyle.

Wanderers make the journey to the Keepmoat Stadium for a 3pm kick-off on Friday and are aiming to finish as high up the top half of the League One table as possible.

For the hosts, however, all focus is remaining in the third tier of English football and sit five points from safety heading into the upcoming fixtures.

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Doncaster gave themselves a glimmer of hope thanks to a 2-0 win over Crewe Alexandra last weekend, a result which relegated the Railwaymen to League Two.

Next up for Donny is the visit of Wanderers on Friday before taking on Shrewsbury Town on Easter Monday and McSheffrey has challenged his side to pick up three points against Wanderers and go back-to-back.

The Yokrshire side are waiting to assess the fitness of a couple of unnamed players to give them as much time as possible to be fit ahead of the game against Ian Evatt's side.

But Gary McSheffrey has revealed that defender Knoyle will be fit for the visit of Bolton, after the former Cambridge United defender came off with around 20 minutes to go of the victory against Crewe.

He told the Yorkshire Post : "There's a couple who have sat training out this week. We will assess them tomorrow and give them as long as it takes for them to be right.

"Knoyle is fine, he came off with cramp last week. It wouldn't shift but he has trained and he is fine."