For Bolton there is a home match on the program for the second time in five days. After the win against Rotherham United now Stoke City is waiting. That team was thrown out by Birmingham City on Boxing Day. At St. Andrew’s Stadium was lost 2-0. What kind of game can we expect on Saturday? Time for a preview!
Bolton Wanderers:
Bolton Wanderers finally won another match. After thirteen games without victory in which only three points were taken, Rotherham United was defeated on Wednesday. In the first half, Shola Ameobi put the home team ahead with a low diagonal shot. Four minutes later, Will Vaulks headed a free kick from the right completely detached behind Ben Alnwick. In the end, everything went well for Bolton Wanderers when Gary O’Neil hit a knocked ball against the ropes. He became a match winner and gave Bolton Wanderers the connection with Rotherham United in the rankings.
Phil Parkinson was satisfied after the game against Rotherham United: “It felt like we had to win this game. Fortunately, we succeeded in this six points match against a direct competitor. After our recent series, this victory was really needed. We have not let our heads hang over the past few matches and we have continued to work hard. It is frustrating when you do not win any matches for a long time while we have really earned more in some games. That we show today that we can still win is fantastic for fans, players and chairman. ‘
Stoke City:
Stoke City suffered a sensitive 2-0 defeat against Birmingham City at Saint Andrew’s Stadium in Birmingham last Wednesday. Stoke City spent millions of time on quality players such as Sam Clucas to return to the Premier League as soon as possible. For the time being this setup fails because about halfway the season we find Stoke City at a disappointing eleventh place. Promotion appears to be only through the playoffs but the gap at number six Derby County has already risen to five points.
Stoke City manager Gary Rowett was not happy afterwards: “This is a very frustrating afternoon. We think I set the tone from the kickoff by losing the ball. We were unable to transfer the ball to each other more than three or four times. We lose 1-0 at the end of the first half. In the second half there were two times that we could tilt the game. We leave this after. We were just not good enough today. The credits are for Birmingham City today. They have driven us everywhere on the field. On Saturday we will have to come up against Bolton Wanderers better. ‘
PREDICTION: Stoke to win @ 1.90
