Watford will be
without influential forward Ashley Young who begins a three-game ban as
are defender James Chambers and midfielder Matthew Spring. Midfielder
Dominic Blizzard is still unavailable due to illness.
Nigeria playmaker Jay-Jay Okocha looks set to captain Bolton before
leaving for the African Nations Cup. Manager Sam Allardyce could be
without as many as nine players for the tricky tie against the Coca-Cola
Championship high-fliers. El-Hadji Diouf, Abdoulaye Faye and Radhi Jaidi
are heading off to prepare for the continental tournament in Egypt while
Kevin Davies, Kevin Nolan and Ivan Campo are all suspended. Gary Speed
(knee), Nicky Hunt (calf) and Khalilou Fadiga (virus) may also miss out
through injury and illness.
Probable
lineups:
Bolton : Jaaskelainen, O'Brien, Ben Haim, N'Gotty, Gardner,
Speed, Giannakopoulos, Djetou, Okocha, Nakata, Fadiga, Borgetti, Vaz Te,
Hunt, Walker, Fernandes, Fojut, Powell.
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