Bolton Wanderers vs Aston Villa U21 Match Analysis and Prediction

Bolton Wanderers vs Aston Villa U21 Match Analysis & Prediction

Bolton Wanderers

08/10/2024 9:45 pm

Aston Villa U21

by Vincent

7 months ago 0 104

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Together at the top of Group D, Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa U21 will both be looking to secure their spot in the EFL Trophy knockout stages when they meet at Toughsheet Community Stadium on Tuesday night.

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Having lost last season’s playoff final, Bolton endured a slow start to the 2024-25 campaign, taking just four points from their first six league matches, but recent results have helped them inch up the League One standings.

Last Tuesday’s 4-2 victory over Northampton Town was Bolton’s third straight win, although it took a second-half turnaround to keep their unbeaten run going at the weekend.

Ian Evatt’s side dragged themselves level after going two goals down, earning a points against struggling Shrewsbury Town, with Kyle Dempsey and Szaboics Schon scoring to make it 2-2, but they could not find a decisive third goal.

Bolton occupy 13th position in the League One standings – just two points adrift of the playoff spots – as they turn their attention back to a EFL Trophy campaign they began with a 3-2 victory over Barrow in early September.

While Wanderers edged a five-goal thriller in their opening match, Aston Villa U21 managed the same feat against Fleetwood Town.

Completing his road to recovery from a long-term Injury, Emi Buendia scored twice on his first competitive start since May 2023, vollwying home from a Ross Barkley corner before tapping in a second towards the end of the first half.

Although Villa then allowed Fleetwood to pull two goals back, substitute Kyrie Pierre produced a winner with three minutes remaining, so they sit alongside Bolton at the top of Group D.

Bolton Wanderers vs. Aston Villa U21 Head to head

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Bolton Wanderers Team News

Evatt is set to rotate his Bolton squad in midweek, following a hectic schedule over the past few weeks, so John McAtee and Scott Arfield could come into the starting lineup.

Bolton Wanderers's Last 5 Matches

21/09/2024

Bolton Wanderers

5

Reading

2

League One
25/09/2024

Arsenal

5

Bolton Wanderers

1

League Cup
28/09/2024

Crawley Town

0

Bolton Wanderers

2

League One
01/10/2024

Northampton Town

2

Bolton Wanderers

4

League One
05/10/2024

Bolton Wanderers

2

Shrewsbury Town

2

League One

Aston Villa U21 Team News

Aston Villa duo Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara should start in defence and midfield respectively, boosting the visitors’ young side with plenty of experience.