Bolton Wanderers suffered their first home defeat since mid-January in League One with a slender 1-0 loss against Plymouth Argyle.
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Bolton Wanderers have been boosted by the impending return to the team of captain Ricardo Almeida Santos.
The Bolton skipper was absent for the midweek win over Lincoln City due to the birth of his second son, but will be back in the heart of defence tomorrow vs MK Dons.
Ian Evatt has also confirmed that Declan John has recovered from a back spasm and is poised to start after coming off at half-time against the Imps as a precaution.
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The Bolton boss says he has a team in his mind to start this fixture and has done so for the past fortnight, which has had to have one change owing to Kieran Lee's absence, as Evatt prepares to play on a pitch at Stadium MK which he feels will not suit either of the sides' playing styles.
Evatt sadi: "I don’t think the pitch is as good as what we’d like it to be or them to be honest, because they’re a really attractive football team as well.
"I think it’s going to be a hindrance to both teams and not a help, but what I will say is that I think we’ve got the weapons to be able to cope with it, probably better than they have.
"So we will have a look at it and I’ve already got a team in my head, I’ve had it in my head for this game for two weeks. It hasn’t really changed apart from Kieran Lee really, but other than that I know what we’re going to need to do.
"I know the game plan, it’s just how well we execute that, that’s it’s now and we’ve got to prepare the players as best we can and hope they execute on Saturday.”
James Trafford is poised to start as goalkeeper once again while Santos should return to the middle of the back three alongside Gethin Jones and George Johnston.
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