| Crewe Alexandra | v | BOLTON WANDERERS | LIVE Match Thread |
| Venue | Gresty Road |
| Date | Tuesday 26th August at 19:45 |
| Competition | Capital One Cup |
| Live | http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/282094 |
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| Goalkeeper Adam Bogdan (eye) and defender Kevin McNaughton (hamstring) face late fitness tests for Bolton. |
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| Mark Davies is unlikely to overcome a fractured toe in time and Marc Tierney and Sanmi Odelusi are still absent. |
| Liam Nolan could be recalled by Crewe with on-loan midfielder Jamie Ness expected to be sidelined. |
| Ryan Colclough (hip) will be unavailable for the Railwaymen and Harry Davis (knee) and Thierry Audel (shoulder) are not expected to be fit. |
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| Head to Head |
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| • Bolton and Crewe have played each other 14 times. |
| • Bolton have the edge in the previous meetings between the sides having won six times to Crewe's three. |
| • The pair have drawn in their other five matches. |
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| Crewe Alexandra |
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| • Crewe last made it into round three of the League Cup in 2008. |
| • Though the Railwaymen did win their most recent cup meeting with Bolton (Football League Trophy in 1992), they have been eliminated in the other six cup encounters. |
| • The Alex have so far been unable to build on their impressive first-round win at Barnsley, instead suffering three successive defeats to slump to the bottom of the League One table. But Steve Davis hopes playing Championship side Bolton, who are also without a win in the league so far this season, could be the spark that his side are looking for. |
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| Bolton Wanderers |
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| • Bolton have exited the League Cup at the second round stage in the last two seasons to third-tier teams. |
| • Neil Danns scored twice in Bolton's 3-2 win over Bury in Round 1, his first brace since January 2010. |
| • Dougie Freedman is confident Wanderers can avoid the unthinkable and begin to rebuild their season with victory over Crewe in the Capital One Cup tonight. After four winless games in the Championship, anything less than straightforward progression against a side rock-bottom of League One would provide more ammunition for the Scot’s escalating number of critics. The extra-time win over local rivals Bury did little to assuage the doubters in the last round – and Freedman admits a convincing performance is long overdue. |
| • COYW!! |