Preview: Bolton Wanderers v Owls

Wednesday will aim to make it three league wins on the spin for the first time this season when they visit Bolton Wanderers on Boxing Day.

The Owls have had some early Christmas cheer with victories against Barnsley and Charlton Athletic that have hauled Dave Jones's men out of the Championship relegation zone on goal difference.

Bolton will provide a tougher test on paper, but the Lancashire outfit will be keen to improve on picking up just one win from their four league matches in December so far.

Bolton boss Dougie Freedman told the official Bolton website:

'Over the last four and five games we've been working very hard. We`re a team and we stick together. We`ll take what happened today and work on the issues in training and prepare ourselves for the home games against Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham.

'One of the advantages of the festive period is that you can get back on track very quickly. We`ve got two games in four days and we`ll be looking to deliver.'

Bolton will be without captain and talisman Kevin Davies. Davies, who has scored six times this season, is serving a suspension.

The Trotters could be somewhat light on the attacking front, with David Ngog struggling with a hamstring injury.

Stephen Warnock is missing from the Bolton defence - a defence that has been leaking goals of late, and Wednesday will be looking to exploit.

Eagles, the former Manchester United man, enjoyed a loan spell with Wednesday whilst at Old Trafford. He is Bolton's leading scorer with seven goals so far this season and will be eager to add to his tally.

Wednesday have extended the loan deals of Jeremy Helan and Mamady Sibibe until mid-January, meaning both players will be available for selection at the Reebok.

Owls boss Dave Jones may be tempted to stick with a winning team, but with three games in less than a week he could tinker with his team accordingly.

He may be forced to make one change with midfielder David Prutton doubtful, meaning Chris Lines could return to the centre of midfield alongside Rhys McCabe, who opened his goal account with a stunner at the weekend.

Jay Bothroyd could return to the Owls squad but Gary Madine and Chris O'Grady are again set to lead the attack.

Helan posed a new threat when being moved forward to play on the left wing, and got a goal for his efforts at the weekend. More of the same on Boxing Day is required.

Form:

Bolton: L-W-D-L-W

Wednesday: W-W-L-L-L

Head-to-Head:

Bolton wins: 37

Wednesday wins: 50

Draws: 24

Last Time Out:

Wednesday 1-2 Bolton

Hillsborough, 22/9/12

Bolton edged to victory the last time the sides met earlier this season at Hillsborough. Ross Barkley had got the Owls on level terms after Marcos Alonso fired Wanderers ahead, but Mark Davies's screamer gave the visitors all three points.

v Huddersfield Town (A) - 29/12/12

v Burnley (H) - 1/1/13

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