Last season's encounter, also screened live, saw the Blues end Bolton's 10 month unbeaten home record thanks to a goal by the on-loan Chelsea forward Mikael Forssell whilst the return at St Andrews in March saw Bolton defeated by two goals to nil.
Both Sam Allardyce and Steve Bruce are good friends off the pitch but on it Allardyce knows he will have to make amends for last season's defeats, the second of which sent Wanderers on an awful run following their Carling Cup final defeat.