'Has to be same' - Elias Kachunga draws Huddersfield comparisons with Bolton's promotion hopes

Elias Kachunga believes Bolton Wanderers must take a leaf out of his time at Huddersfield Town and the promotion he won there to the Premier League as they attempt to reach the play-offs this season.

Wanderers have seven games left of their campaign and have slim hopes of being in the top six by the end of the season.

Bolton have not been in action over the international break and have a huge clash against Wigan Athletic when they return, before back-to-back home games versus fellow play-off hopefuls Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday.

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After the weekend action where the Owls picked up a big win at Hillsborough against Cheltenham Town, Wanderers now find themselves 11 points from the top six and will need a near flawless recrod realistically if they are to have a chance of reaching the play-offs now.

Kachunga has achieved promotion with the Terriers in 2017 where they won the play-off final against Reading to claim a place in the Premier League.

In that time, the Terriers focused on one game at a time and did not talk of reaching Wembley or the potential of being in the top flight.

And Kachunga believes Wanderers must do the same in their attempts to reach the play-offs and, even if they do not, use it as a building block for next season.

He told the Manchester Evening News: “I was lucky to have two promotions in my career and it was the same – until the last game you have to believe you can go up if you still have that chance.

“At Huddersfield it was the same. We just looked from game to game, nobody was talking about a final or anything. It has to be the same here, we win one at a time.

“Even if at the end we