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John McDougall

Bolton Wanderers lineup confirmed ahead of Blackburn Rovers friendly

Bolton Wanderers play their final pre-season friendly today against Blackburn Rovers.

The Trotters kick off their League One campaign next weekend at home against MK Dons and the first team have their final run-out ahead of that fixture today against Tony Mowbray's side.

Wanderers are unbeaten in pre-season so far and have won all but one of their fixtures ahead of the fresh campaign.

Victories have been picked up against Longridge Town, Atherton Collieries, Preston North End and Barrow so far.

Today, Wanderers play Championship side Rovers and will be the last time Bolton's first team will get a run-out ahead of the League One campaign getting under way.

Ian Evatt has named Joel Dixon as goalkeeper, with a back four of Gethin Jones, George Johnston, Alex Baptiste and Declan John.

In central midfield today is MJ Williams, Josh Sheehan and Antoni Sarcevic, with a front three of Lloyd Isgrove, Amadou Bakayoko and Dapo Afolayan.

On the bench today for Wanderers are Luke Hutchinson, Eoin Doyle, Andrew Tutte, Harry Brockbank, Dennis Politic, George Thomason, Liam Gordon, Ronan Darcy, Ali Crawford and Adam Senior.

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