Bolton Wanderers will be without attacker Amadou Bakayoko for the trip to Portsmouth this weekend after he suffered an ankle injury in last weekend's draw against Gillingham.
Wanderers travel to Pompey on Saturday aiming to return to winning ways in League One.
For the clash, Wanderers will be without the services of Bakayoko after he picked up an ankle injury in the process of setting up one of Wanderers' goals against the Gills last weekend.
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Ian Evatt said he believes the injury to be not too serious, but that Bakayoko will not be involved over the weekend.
Forward Eoin Doyle should be fit to play after overcoming an illness, while defender George Johnston will be fit to play after coming off at half-time of last weekend's draw against the Gills.
Evatt said: "Baka when he came on last week injured his ankle in the build-up to the first goal so he’s out for Saturday.
"It’s not too serious, but he needs some more time. It’s the other ankle he injured previously.
“Other than that, Eoin’s had a bit of illness but he seems to be on the recovery now so he’s back tomorrow.
“George Johnston has recovered fine so he’s available, and then we’ve got on or two niggles that we’re having to manage at the moment but these things come to challenge us and we haven’t really had a clear run all season with injuries but hopefully that’ll even itself out over the course of the season and we’ll get some more luck and people back fit and available as soon as possible.”
On Bakayoko, Evatt added: “He’s down in the dumps, of course he is. If you look at his career so far, I think he’s 24 and I don’t think he’s had any injuries.
"He’s told me that he’s certainly not missed any time through injury in the past and all the medical reports that we had prior to that said that he’s got a really good fitness record, but it can happen.
"It’s football, two injuries to both ankles, the second one a contact injury on Saturday in the creation of the first goal.
“It’s a rough ride but we’ll keep him positive. He’ll stay positive and hopefully he’ll be back sooner rather than later. I don’t think it’s serious but it’s serious enough to keep him out.”
