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Bolton Wanderers welcome Preston North End to the Macron Stadium this afternoon, in the first match of the confirmed Sports Shield era.
Dean Holdsworth and co will be looking on for this Lancashire derby, hopeful that the new ownership will inspire a change in fortunes on the field at Bolton.
Neil Lennon makes one change to the side that rescued a last minute draw against Ipswich Town, with Jay Spearing strangely missing from the squad and replaced by Gary Madine. That appears to suggest Bolton will revert to a more traditional 4-4-2, with Mark Davies 'providing width' from the left.
Preston also look to be playing 4-4-2, but I've barely heard of half their team. In Jordan Hugill they have a striker that's never scored for the club, partnered by Callum Robinson, who has scored two. Ominous for Bolton, although it's worth nothing that we are unbeaten in our last seven games against Preston, going back to 1992.
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Here are today's starting lineups:
| GK | Paul Rachubka |
| RB | Lawrie Wilson |
| CB | Rob Holding |
| CB | Derik Osede |
| LB | Dean Moxey |
| RM | Liam Feeney |
| CM | Darren Pratley |
| CM | Liam Trotter |
| LM | Mark Davies |
| CF | Gary Madine |
| CF | Zach Clough |
| SUBSTITUTES | |
| Harry Campbell | |
| Josh Vela | |
| Neil Danns | |
| Wellington Silva | |
| Kaiyne Woolery | |
| Stephen Dobbie | |
| Alex Finney |
| GK | Anders Lindegaard |
| RB | Calum Woods |
| CB | Bailey Wright |
| CB | Tom Clarke |
| LB | Greg Cunningham |
| RM | Paul Gallagher |
| CM | Ben Pearson |
| CM | Daniel Johnson |
| LM | Adam Reach |
| CF | Callum Robinson |
| CF | Jordan Hugill |
| SUBSTITUTES | |
| Chris Kirkland | |
| Marnick Vermijl | |
| Clive Smith | |
| Neil Kilkenny | |
| John Welsh | |
| Eoin Doyle | |
| (club only announced 6!) |