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Only one place and four points separated Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City in last season’s final Premier League table, as Saturday’s hosts finished 13th, once place lower than Tony Puils’ highly impressive debutants.
Both sides would be happy to match those finishes this time around with the scrap to avoid relegation to the Championship looking it will be as competitive as ever.
Gary Megson’s Bolton made a slow start to this campaign, losing their first three games, but did defeat Portsmouth 3-2 at Fratton Park last week in what was an unexpected thriller.
Stoke, on the other hand, have been more impressive. Although they lost 2-1 to Chelsea last week due to a stoppage time Florent Malouda goal, they have still accumulated seven points so far and sit inside the top ten.
Something will need to give on Saturday, with Bolton yet to pick up a point at home this season and the Potters yet to win on the road – last season their survival was based almost solely on their excellent record at the Britannia Stadium.
Both sides would be happy to match those finishes this time around with the scrap to avoid relegation to the Championship looking it will be as competitive as ever.
Gary Megson’s Bolton made a slow start to this campaign, losing their first three games, but did defeat Portsmouth 3-2 at Fratton Park last week in what was an unexpected thriller.
Stoke, on the other hand, have been more impressive. Although they lost 2-1 to Chelsea last week due to a stoppage time Florent Malouda goal, they have still accumulated seven points so far and sit inside the top ten.
Something will need to give on Saturday, with Bolton yet to pick up a point at home this season and the Potters yet to win on the road – last season their survival was based almost solely on their excellent record at the Britannia Stadium.
Source: www.goal.com
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