Lincoln City travel to the Toughsheet Community Stadium to face Bolton Wanderers as they look to make it four wins in a row.
The Imps endure their second away trip in as many games, looking to build on their 1-0 win over Northampton Town on Tuesday night.
Freddie Draper’s goal was the only difference between the sides at Sixfields Stadium with the 21-year-old attacker bagging his second of the season and firing Lincoln up to seventh in the league.
Two additions have been made to Michael Skubala’s side ahead of Saturday’s game, Frankie Okoronkwo on loan from Everton and Ukrainian under-21 international Ivan Varfolomeev permanently from Czechia first division side Slovan Liberec.
Both of whom, will be in contention to feature against Bolton.
Picture: Chris Vaughan Photography for Lincoln City FC
Opponents: Bolton Wanderers
Wanderers will be among the sides hunting for promotion after finishing eighth in the league last season.
Steven Schumacher’s team failed to win any of their last six games last season, costing them in their bid for a place in the play-offs.
Since then, Bolton have made 12 signings in the summer transfer window, most notably goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe who just achieved promotion with Doncaster Rovers and a familiar face in Ethan Erhahon.
It’s been a mixed start for the White Men this campaign, losing 2-0 to Stockport County on the opening day before beating Plymouth Argyle by the same score-line the following week.
Two 1-1 draws in a row against Barnsley and Reading have already put question marks over their ambitions for this season, but returning to winning ways against Lincoln City would help them to reinforce their belief that this season could be a positive one.
Team News:
New signings Okoronkwo and Varfolomeev will both be available for selection.
Jack Moylan remains out of the side with the ankle injury he picked up in Lincoln’s Carabao Cup victory over Harrogate Town.
Picture: Andrew Vaughan for Lincoln City FC
Head-to-Head:
Bolton have had the upper hand in this fixture as of late, winning six of their last eight games against the Imps.
Despite this, Skubala’s side beat Bolton 4-2 in the last meeting, with Erik Ring, Reeco Hackett and James Collins all getting their names on the scoresheet.
Lincoln City do find the Toughsheet Community Stadium a very difficult place to travel to, having lost each of their last four away league games against Bolton Wanderers and failing to score on each of their last three visits.
Overall, Wanderers have the upper hand in the fixture, winning 17 out of 30 matches- Lincoln on the other hand, have only won eight.
Played for Both:
Ethan Erhahon swapped Lincoln for Bolton this summer, becoming the most recent player to feature for both clubs.
The Scottish midfielder made over 100 appearances for the Imps after joining from Scottish Premiership side St. Mirren in January 2023 and won the Fans’ Player of the Season award the following campaign.
He has appeared in all of Bolton’s opening four games this season and will more then likely play a part in the White Men’s squad to face Lincoln.