West Brom v Bolton Preview
By Martyn Todd
October 18 2004
Unbeaten at home, but still no win. Can Albion upset the odds and beat Bolton? Baggies World as we take a look forward to this afternoon's big kick off.
Match
West Bromwich Albion vs Bolton Wanderers
Kick - Off
5:15 p.m
Venue
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
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Team News
West Brom - Albion will be without suspended pair Darren Purse and Neil Clement. Club captain 'Big Dave' Darren Moore is likely to start with Hungarian skipper Zoltan Gera also likely to start.
Geoff Horsfield is likely to start against Big Sam's men with record signing Robert Earnshaw on the bench.
Junichi Inamoto, Rob Hulse and Larus Sigurdsson will all be missing due to injury.
West Brom (From) Hoult, Scimeca, Moore, Gaardsoe, Albrechtsen, Koumas, Johnson, Gera, Greening, Kanu, Earnshaw, Horsfield, Kuszczak, O'Connor, Dyer, Dobie, Contra, A Chambers, Robinson.
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Bolton - Club captain Jay-Jay Okocha has fully recovered from a groin strain which kept him out of Wanderers game with Birmingham City.
On-load Liverpool striker El-Hadji Diouf is likely to be moved to the subs bench if Okocha is to start.
Bolton (From): Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Jaidi, N'Gotty, Gardner, Okocha, Campo, Speed, Nolan, Pedersen, Davies, Diouf, Poole, Giannakopoulos, Ferdinand, Barness, Hierro, Cesar.
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Ones-2-Watch
West Brom - Nwankwo Kanu is a threat to ANY team, he has the knowledge, the touch and the skill to bamboozle any defense. He's shown that his work rate is the same as any other Baggies player, from playing a striker and then playing at left-back against Newcastle! If he gets a chance, he will score.
Bolton - Jay-Jay Okocha returns for Allardyce's men today, much to the anguish of ALL Albion fans. He has fantastic ability on and off the ball, and is likely to be one of the contenders to player of the season.
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Directions to The Hawthorns
Directions can be found HERE
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West Bromwich Albion Official Website
Bolton Wanderers Official Website