Bolton make a trip down to London tomorrow to take on Leyton Orient.
Itโs a further chance for Bolton to climb the table, although 13th is the highest position we can finish the weekend in. Form is slowly seeming to turn for the better, and thereโs an opportunity to end the month with a 12 point haul from seven games, which would be a decent effort.
๐ฃ๏ธ '๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ข๐. ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ.' ๐ฌ
๐ฅ Ian Evatt spoke to https://t.co/oVVl0dtnLo ahead of the weekend's @SkyBetLeagueTwo fixture at @leytonorientfc.#BWFC ๐๐ฐ pic.twitter.com/V08SDOBth8
โ Bolton Wanderers (@OfficialBWFC) October 29, 2020
Team news
There has been positive news in terms of the recoveries of Gethin Jones, Eoin Doyle, Shaun Miller and Lloyd Isgrove, although that doesnโt seem to even the last two of those names being ready for the weekend. Itโd be highly unlikely to see any unenforced changes from Tuesdayโs win over Bradford.
Previously
Itโs Boltonโs first trip to that part of East London since September 1997, when we won 3-1 in the League Cup second round first leg โ a 3-3 draw at the Reebok would put us through to the next stage,ย where we beat Wimbledon but then lost to Middlesbrough in the last 16. Our last league visit to Orient was in October 1992, which we lost 1-0, although we did get promoted from Division 2 that season.
The opposition
It has been the definition of a mixed bag for Leyton Orient so far this season โ three wins, three draws, three losses, and 13th in the table, three points ahead of Bolton, although they are yet to win at home. Orient finished 17th in their first season back in the EFL last term. Ross Embleton, who took over following Justin Edinburghโs death, was briefly replaced as manager but Carl Fletcher only lasted five matches. Conor Wilkinson is a familiar face for us, he has three goals this season in League Two, but Danny Johnson is their main marksman with five.
Prediction
A tough one to call. I want to say a Bolton win, and it could well happen, but I expect a close fought match. I reckon weโll get at least a point if notโฆ
Letโs go for it โ Leyton Orient 1-2 Bolton.