Preview: Bolton vs Swansea

by Kieran O'Daly , 27 January 2012

Bolton will be without new signing Tim Ream for their FA Cup fourth round clash with fellow Premiership side Swansea at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday.


Ream was signed on Thursday from the New York Red Bulls but has had to return to the US to complete the rest of his paperwork. He is also likely to miss Wednesday's Barclays Premier League meeting with Arsenal.


A number of Bolton players have been laid low with a bug this week, but manager Owen Coyle is hopeful they will all have recovered in time to play some part. Coyle has been boosted by the return of Jussi Jaaskelainen (thigh) and Tyrone Mears (broken leg) to full fitness and both may be involved at some stage on Saturday.

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers welcomes Alan Tate back into his squad for the clash as the defender continues his rehabilitation from the broken leg he suffered in a golf buggy accident last August. However, on-loan centre-half Steven Caulker will not feature after parent club Tottenham asked that he be left out to avoid being cup-tied.

Midfielder Josh McEachran, who is on loan from Chelsea, is set to make his first start for the Welsh side but won't be eligible when the Swans play Chelsea in the league on Tuesday.

Teams:

Bolton (from): Bogdan, Jaaskelainen, Wheater, Boyata, Knight, Mears, Eagles, Robinson, Muamba, Petrov, K Davies, Klasnic, Tuncay, M Davies, Pratley, Ngog, Blake, Reo-Coker, Steinsson, Ricketts, Riley, O'Halloran, Lynch.

Swansea (from): Vorm, Williams, Taylor, Tate, Britton, Orlandi, Graham, Sinclair, Dyer, Dobbie, Routledge, Monk, McEachran, Lita, Moore, Bessone, Rangel, Allen, Tremmel, Agustien, Gower, Richards, Sigurdsson.

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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