Chelsea v Bolton

Last updated : 12 April 2010 By BBC Sport

Bolton have not scored in their last three matches, so manager Owen Coyle may recall striker Ivan Klasnic.

On-loan winger Vladimir Weiss and midfielder Matthew Taylor are also pushing for a start.

Chelsea

Doubtful: Alex (ankle)

Injured: Bosingwa & Essien (both knee), Carvalho & A Cole (both ankle)

Bolton

Injured: Basham & J O'Brien (both knee), Davis & McCann (both ankle), Holden (leg)

MATCH PREVIEW

From trouble to a possible Double - Chelsea have emphatically turned their season around in the last three weeks.

We've got our eyes on the Double now. We are back at the top of the Premier League with five games to go and we are in the FA Cup final so that's what our sights are on

Chelsea captain John Terry

Four successive wins have been gleaned, and 17 goals scored, since the club's internal inquest into their Champions League exit and faltering league form.

A place in the FA Cup final was secured on Saturday, and victory over Bolton would ensure that what was recently a four-point deficit at the top of the league will become a four-point lead with only four games remaining.

With the league title now Chelsea's to lose, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been reduced to trying to motivate a Bolton side that has already suffered two 4-0 defeats to Chelsea this season in the league and Carling Cup.

Ferguson says this fixture is an "easy game" for Chelsea. It was a comment obviously designed to rouse Bolton's players into a rebuttal. However, he has a point: Bolton have lost their last three matches without scoring a goal, their worst run under manager Owen Coyle, and are not yet safe from relegation.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 12 league games against Bolton (W9, D3) since the Trotters claimed a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge in December 2003.

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Chelsea

• Chelsea have won seven of their last eight home games, scoring 29 goals.

• They are the division's leading scorers with 84 goals.

• The Blues have gained an unrivalled 15 points from losing positions this season.

Bolton

• Bolton have lost four of their last five matches without scoring.

• They have lost 15 of the 16 league matches in which they conceded the first goal, drawing the other game.

• Bolton are statistically the worst Premier League team after half-time. They would only have 22 points based solely on second-half form.

LEADING GOALSCORERS

Chelsea

Drogba: 32 goals (25 league); Lampard: 22 goals (17 league)

Bolton

Cahill & K Davies: 7 goals (5 league)

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Chris Foy

Assistant referees: Simon Long & Richard West

Fourth official: Andre Marriner

LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS

Chelsea (W2-1 v Man Utd, a): Cech; Ferreira, Alex, Terry, Zhirkov, J Cole (Kalou 73), Deco (Ballack 82), Lampard, Mikel, Malouda, Anelka (Drogba 69). Subs not used: Turnbull, Sturridge, Belletti, Bruma.

Bolton (L0-1 v Aston Villa, h): Jaaskelainen; Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee (Taylor 78), Muamba, Cohen (Weiss 66), Wilshere, K Davies, Elmander (Klasnic 57). Subs not used: Al Habsi, Samuel, Steinsson, A O'Brien.

MOST RECENT MEETING

Bolton 0-4 Chelsea (31 October 2009)

Chelsea scorers: Lampard (pen) 45, Deco 61, Ivanovic 82, Drogba 90

Source: BBC Sport

Source: BBC Sport