Bolton Wanderers vs Ipswich Town. Sky Bet Championship.
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Saturday 6 April 2019 08:14, UK
Bolton will look to put off-the-field problems to one side when they face Ipswich in a crucial clash for their survival hopes.
Earlier in the week, Bolton were back in the High Court to face a winding-up petition, while the players refused to train until Thursday over unpaid wages.
Defender Jack Hobbs (back), midfielder Luke Murphy (calf) and forward Yanic Wildschut (ankle) are all likely to be doubtful, with Bolton bidding to close a five-point gap to safety against the Championship's bottom side.
Teddy Bishop, Will Keane and James Collins are all in contention for Ipswich after returning to training. Jon Nolan sustained an Achilles injury early on in last weekend's defeat by Hull and is a major doubt, while Ellis Harrison has missed two days of training after hurting his back.
Tom Adeyemi, who has not made an appearance for Ipswich since October 2017, trained for the first time with the first team on Thursday, and Callum Elder is back at Portman Road after returning to his parent club Leicester for a hernia operation. Matt Pennington's season is over after he damaged ankle ligaments in training last week, with the on-loan Everton man going under the knife on Monday.
Bolton are winless in 11 league matches against Ipswich (W0 D5 L6) since a 4-1 win in the Premier League in April 2002 under Sam Allardyce.
The last four league meetings between Bolton and Ipswich at the University of Bolton Stadium have ended as draws.
Phil Parkinson and Paul Lambert last met in the semi-final of the 2012-13 League Cup - Parkinson's Bradford eliminated Lambert's Aston Villa side on aggregate.
Since Mick McCarthy won his final match in charge on April 10th 2018, Ipswich have won just four of their 43 league matches (D16 L23).
Bolton are looking to win consecutive league matches for the first time since August 2018.
Ipswich manager Paul Lambert has won three of his last 39 matches as a manager in all competitions (D16 L20).
David Prutton predicts: 1-0 (11/2 with Sky Bet)
