Formation change on cards with Santos out? Bolton Wanderers predicted team vs Sheffield Wednesday

Bolton Wanderers are poised to be without Ricardo Santos, Dapo Afolayan and Kyle Dempsey for the visit of Sheffield Wednesday and could prompt a reshuffled side Ian Evatt puts out.

Defender Santos, attacker Afolayan and midfielder Dempsey all came off in the midweek draw at the University of Bolton Stadium against Portsmouth for Wanderers.

Santos did not re-emerge after the break and was replaced by Will Aimson, while Afolayan and Dempsey both came off in the second half, with all three players suffering the same hamstring problem.

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The trio are all out of tomorrow afternoon's encounter against the Owls and brings back unwelcome memories of earlier in the season when Wanderers experienced an glut of injuries which limited options between November and December.

Evatt freely admitted this is the worst season he has experienced as a manager for having injuries, but there is a need to understand why Wanderers have suffered so many and suggested training loads may be looked at as a result.

He said: "Absolutely the worst, there is no doubt about that. I think it is going to end up costing us dearly to be honest, especially that spell in November and December.

"But you have seasons like this, there is no point feeling sorry for ourselves. What we need to do is understand why and look at training loads, look at physical data, what we are doing the gym and our training intensity level, and try to tweak things to prevent them as best we can.

"You are never going to prevent every injury but you can certainly do as many things as you possibly can to limit the risk.

"Again, there is lots of work going on behind the