Bolton V Reading Sky Bet Championship Match 10 -August 2013.Jay Spearing could go straight into the Bolton side after completing his move from Liverpool.
Boss Dougie Freedman has midfield issues, with Chris Eagles (ankle) a doubt while Stuart Holden and Mark Davies are missing with knee injuries.Watch Bolton V Reading Live, Watch Bolton V Reading Live Stream, Watch Bolton V Reading Free Live Stream, Watch Bolton V Reading Online, Watch Bolton V Reading Online Free, Bolton V Reading Live, Bolton V Reading live stream Online.
Reading boss Nigel Adkins welcomes back striker Nick Blackman after he served a one-match suspension.
Reading have no new injury concerns and have been boosted by the news winger Jimmy Kebe is close to a return.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Bolton hold the edge after 22 league matches against Reading since they first met 1984, leading 10 wins to nine.
• They last met in the Premier League in 2007-08, when the Trotters completed the double with 3-0 and 2-0 victories.
• Reading travel in search of only their third league win at Bolton.
Bolton Wanderers
• Bolton are aiming to stretch their unbeaten home league sequence to 12 games, having not lost a league game at the Reebok this calendar year.
• The Trotters have won the second match of each of the last five seasons they have played in the second tier.
• If selected, former Middlesbrough defender David Wheater will make his 200th career league appearance.
Reading
• In beating Ipswich 2-1, Reading got a league season off to a winning start for the first time in seven years.
• Now they are looking to accumulate six points out of six at the start of a season for the first time since their 2001-02 third-tier campaign.
• The Royals picked up points from only one of their last seven away games in the Premier League last season.