Welcome to live coverage of today's game from the Reebok Stadium, where Bolton will look to go above Stoke with a home win.

Holden does very well on the line wing, jinking past a couple of Stoke players before finding Elmander, who tries a neat little flick towards what? The penalty area, the goal? Who knows where that was intended for. But it ends up whizzing well over the cross bar and slightly wide as well

Elmander is judged to have brought Delap down unfairly from behind and Stoke are awarded the first free-kick of the day, just inside the half-way line. The hoist the ball into the box (surprise, surprise) but it doesn't reach Jones and Cahill cuts out the danger

The Stoke tactic so far appears to be just to lob the ball up to Kenwyne Jones, even if his is only a couple of metres ago, but in the first couple of minutes Bolton are wise to the scheme and manage to cut out the ball

Bolton get what is bound to be a fiery encounter underway. Bolton start the day 12th, Stoke seventh so there's definitely placings up for grabs today as both sides look to push home their top half of the table credentials

Stoke boss Tony Pulis was well unhappy about Danny Murphy's comments regarding managers sending out their players too fired up... his side were name-checked in the 'rant'.

Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen also starts despite picking up a muscle injury while featuring for Denmark, while right-back Andy Wilkinson is available again after a knee problem but on the bench.

Kevin Davis plays up front for Bolton then despite hurting his ankle on England duty.

BOLTON: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee, Muamba, Holden, Petrov, Kevin Davies, Elmander… Subs: Bogdan, Taylor, Mark Davies, Klasnic, Ricketts, Moreno, Blake… STOKE: Sorensen, Huth, Shawcross, Faye, Collins, Pennant, Delap, Whitehead, Etherington, Walters, Jones… Subs: Begovic, Higginbotham, Whelan, Gudjohnsen, Fuller, Wilson, Wilkinson… Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

Stoke are unbeaten in their last four league matches - their longest unbeaten run in seven months since a seven-match streak from January and February 2010.

Bolton have not won in their last five league matches, drawing the last three. If they fail to win today it will be their longest run without a league victory under manager Owen Coyle, and longest since a six-match streak from October to December 2009.

Bolton have scored in each of their last nine top flight home matches against Stoke – since a 1-0 defeat in August 1947.

Stoke have not won in their last seven league visits to Bolton – since a 1-0 victory in the third tier of English football in October 1990.

Bolton are unbeaten in their last two league matches against Stoke. Their only Premier League defeat was 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium in March 2009.

Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City have met 76 times in the league. Bolton have won 30, Stoke 28 and there have been 18 draws.