Sadlier stays at wing-back and Bodvarsson starts? Bolton Wanderers predicted team vs Portsmouth

Bolton Wanderers return to action this evening when they take on Portsmouth for their second game in the space of four days.

Wanderers return to the University of Bolton Stadium this evening when they take on Pompey in a game which has been rearranged to an 8pm kick-off due to the international break.

It is an encounter between two sides sitting midtable in League One with both sides sitting 11 points from the play-offs, with both sides harbouring now slim hopes of reaching the top six by the end of April.

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It is a key fixture in that sense with the side which emerges victorious still at least in the conversation, with the one tasting defeat surely out of it.

Speaking ahead of the encounter, Ian Evatt said that there are doubts over midfielder Kyle Dempsey and attacker Dapo Afolayan for this evening's game.

Declan John is also poised to miss the game owing to a back problem, while Kieran Lee is still not ready to return after a heel spur operation.

James Trafford is anticipated to line up as goalkeeper once again, while the back three could be unchanged from the weekend and continue as Will Aimson, Ricardo Almeida Santos and George Johnston.

With John expected to still be out, Kieran Sadlier could line up as one of the two wing-backs, with Gethin Jones the other one.

Owing to Dempsey being a doubt in the middle of the park, MJ Williams and Aaron Morley could be the central midifeld pairing once again, with Afolayan in the number 10 role if he is fit.

If Afolayan misses the encounter, Sadlier could play in the number 10 role, with Liam Gordon slotting in as the left wing-back.

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