Lincoln City's Michael Appleton makes Bolton prediction and gives view on Wanderers transfers

Lincoln City boss Michael Appleton believes Bolton Wanderers pulled off a 'real coup' in the January transfer window with the signings made as the Imps boss suggested he might have to employ a different formation due to injuries.

Wanderers host the Imps tomorrow evening at the University of Bolton Stadium aiming to make it two wins on the bounce.

Bolton are 10th and seven points from the play-offs at present, while the Imps are 17th in the table.

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Appleton's men did not have a game on Saturday as their clash against Fleetwood Town was called off due to heavy snowfall at Highbury Stadium.

Though Wanderers were in action and expended energy in the 4-0 win over AFC Wimbledon and the Imps were not in action, Appleton believes that could be to Bolton's advantage as he hailed the business done in the summer.

He said: "When you're in the form that Bolton are in and you win a game as emphatically as they did on Saturday, sometimes your energy levels are even better and that adrenaline comes really, really naturally. Clearly they're in a great place at the minute.

"The business that they did in January was probably as good as anyone has done and performance and the results are proving that.

"To be fair earlier on in the season when we did play them, they were actually on a decent enough run. It was a good game. I think the way the game went earlier on in the season, I think 0-0 would have been a fair result. There wasn't really much happening and we had a little bit of a calamity with three or four errors in the build-up to the goal that they scored.

"But it was a good game of football with two good teams who pass the ball