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Preview: Bolton vs Man Utd

Preview: Bolton vs Man Utd


Preview: Bolton vs Man Utd

Nobody has won more games than Man Utd this year, but noone has won less than Bolton, but a trip to the Reebok could be a difficult ask for Manchester United who look to continue their unbeaten Premiership streak of 10 games.

It's the 109th league game between these two Northern rivals, and Gary Megson could see this as a grand opportunity to put his reputation on the line and pick up a huge three points against the Premiership's second placed club.

Nicolas Anelka is fit again, whilst El-Hadj Diouf returns from suspension. Wayne Rooney is still missing whilst Nemanja Vidic is unlikely to play - Wes Brown could fill in for the Serbian.

Man Utd are undefeated in nine; having won eight and drawn one in all competitions, since the 0-2 home defeat by Coventry in the third round of the Carling Cup on 26 September; their only loss in 15 outings.

Bolton have drawn five of their last seven Premier League fixtures.

Megson: we're improving

"In my view, we are improving. We made a case for winning every game played whilst I've been here.

"But we haven't won so we've got to find a way of turning draws into wins, regardless of the opposition.

"We've also been doing a lot of work during the international break in terms of watching players."

Squads

Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, McCann, Michalik, A O'Brien, Meite, Gardner, Cid, Campo, Guthrie, Nolan, Speed, Alonso, Diouf, Davies, Anelka, Al Habsi, Samuel, Teymourian, Braaten, Giannakopoulos.

Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, Evans, Evra, Simpson, Ronaldo, Hargreaves, Anderson, Fletcher, Eagles, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Saha, Tevez.

Eyefootball Premiership Predictor

Bolton 1-1 Man Utd

A fantastic point for Bolton could be on the cards as Man Utd look to make ground on leaders Arsenal. However, Bolton will be desperate to help Megson pick up a valuable point, and Bolton will need to nullify the threat of Utd's frontline.

Score: 1-1 Draw

Goalscorer: Cristiano Ronaldo