Derby 4-1 Bolton

Our next game is against Derby on Saturday at the Pride Park Stadium.

Having played a fantastic (though it was a loss!) midweek FA Cup replay gainst Liverpool where the players fought as hard as they could to try and keep the FA Cup dream alive, I feel that there will be some changes in the squad compared to this last game with some new faces in the starting 11 due to some players not being match fit plus the loss of Neil Danns with him being suspended.

Here the last 5 Bolton v Derby stats to help make up your minds on the score!

Bolton 0-2 Derby
Derby 0-0 Bolton
Bolton 2-2 Derby
Derby 1-1 Bolton
Bolton 2-0 Derby

Here are The Rams last 5 Championship results:

Cardiff 0-2 Derby
Derby 2-0 Blackburn
Derby 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich 0-1 Derby
Derby 2-0 Leeds

Derby are going to be a hard team to beat having won all their Championship games so far this year apart from losing just 1 game which was at home against Nottingham Forest.

I feel that this has a draw written all over it as I don't feel we will be fired up for this game unlike the previous one.

My prediction: Derby 1-1 Bolton.

How do you all feel we will do?

Ref watch: Harrington in the middle

Tony Harrington will officiate Bolton Wanderers' Championship clash with Derby County on Saturday.

First taking charge of a Football League match in February 2012, Harrington’s first Championship fixture came little over 18 months later at Macron Stadium when a last-minute Alex Baptiste goal saw Wanderers clinch a 1-1 draw against Yeovil Town.

The Cleveland-based official last reffed a Whites clash earlier this season when Bolton triumphed 3-2 over Crewe Alexandra AET in the Capital One Cup.

Taking charge of 20 games so far this season, Harrington has dished out 57 yellow cards and no red cards.

Marvyn Amphlett and Declan Ford will run the line while Christopher Kavanagh is the fourth official.

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Very tough opposition especially at home so I'd be delighted with a point.

can only see a defeat i'm afraid 2-0 to Derby

1-4 bolton

Back to winning ways. 0-1

We'll get stuffed. Lennon honeymoon over.

I'd be pleased with a point but we don't know if any of the new boys will play, how good they really are, how Lennon might use them or how quickly they could settle into the team, so despite him saying he's not going to introduce them all at once there are a lot of variables in there which add up to us not knowing how good - or bad - Lennon's new team really are - which makes prediction impossible.

Match preview: Derby v Bolton

SETTING THE SCENE

Bolton exited the FA Cup following a fourth round replay defeat at the hands of Liverpool on Wednesday, with all focus now turning to the Sky Bet Championship and the upcoming visit to promotion-chasing Derby.

After a gutsy display against the Premier League side at Macron Stadium, Neil Lennon will hope his side will be able to shake off any potential cup hangover and get back on track in league combat.

Whilst Bolton remain unbeaten on home soil during Lennon’s reign at Macron Stadium, on the travels fortunes have been mixed in recent games.

The Trotters have taken 11 points from a possible 27 since Lennon arrived at the club, and with trips to Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Blackburn all on the horizon February will no doubt prove a pivotal month in Bolton’s campaign.

Having missed out on promotion by the finest of margins last season, Derby will no doubt harbour hopes of reaching the top flight this time round.

Steve McClaren has added reinforcements during the transfer window in the shape of Tom Ince and Jesse Lingard and have lost just twice at the iPro Stadium in the league this season.

TEAM NEWS

Lennon bolstered his ranks by adding a total of seven new faces to his squad through the January transfer window. Adam Le Fondre, Rochinha, Simeon Slavchev, Filip Twardzik, Ben Amos and Barry Bannan are all eligible and could feature against Derby.

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However Saidy Janko must wait for his Bolton debut as the club puts the final touches to his loan move from Manchester United.

Adam Bogdan (ankle), Mark Davies, Max Clayton (both knee), Marc Tierney (leg), Darren Pratley and Emile Heskey (both hamstring) will all definitely miss out.

Lennon will make a late call on whether to include Matt Mills (knee) and Craig Davies (hamstring).

Neil Danns is suspended.

Ince and Lingard are both in line to make their Derby debuts, whilst Jake Buxton and Raul Albentosa have recovered from ankle and hamstring complaints.

Johnny Russell, Mason Bennett, Zak Whitebread (all hamstring), John Eustace and George Thorne (both knee) will definitely miss out.

LAST DERBY XI (W 0-2 v Cardiff (A))

Grant, Shotton, Keogh, Buxton (Christie 41), Forsyth, Hendrick, Mascarell, Hughes, Ward (Bryson 77), Martin, Dawkins (Bennett 58)

Subs not used: Roos, Calero, Warnock, Bent

Goals: Malone (OG), Martin

ONE TO WATCH

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Recent loan recruit Ince will be hoping to kick start his season at Derby after a somewhat stop-start campaign to date.

He put pen to paper on a permanent deal at Hull last summer but has struggled for game time.

A versatile attacking midfielder with an eye for a goal, Ince will be hoping to replicate some of the form that saw him impress during a three-year stint at Blackpool.

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A draw would be a good result in this one. 1-1 I think. Le Fondre to score his first of many.

Pants down. Bottoms slapped. Weekend ruined.

Natasha Whittam wrote:We'll get stuffed. Lennon honeymoon over.

Zzzzzzzzzz

Mix it up a bit. Your becoming predictable

y2johnny wrote:

Zzzzzzzzzz

Mix it up a bit.  Your becoming predictable

Not as predictable as your awful English.

I didn't know we had the spelling and grammar police on here...

Natasha Whittam wrote:

y2johnny wrote:

Zzzzzzzzzz

Mix it up a bit.  Your becoming predictable

Not as predictable as your awful English.

In the quiet words of the virgin mary.........."cum again?"

karlypants wrote:I didn't know we had the spelling and grammar police on here...

Perhaps if we did we'd have a better class of poster.

I'm about as classy as it gets nat.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

karlypants wrote:I didn't know we had the spelling and grammar police on here...

Perhaps if we did we'd have a better class of poster.

Yeah, because you have class dropping out your ass don't you. Like the classy elegant Threesome you had with your neighbour.

Or getting pummeled and your Fanny singed by nuggy and mavies.

Nat even through all this i still love ya.

Tx mi bk plz

Same scenario as the other week for me ...... after the Pool game we are knackered and any new boys are still settling in, if they play at all.  So 2-0 for me. And worst of all ..."We are still below Derby" 

Still hope we can nick it though as always.