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The English Premier League 2009–2010 Football Season is here!
Bolton Wanderers play hosts to Sunderland Association at The Reebok Stadium in the opening game of the season. Bolton’s summer signings have a better chance for a place in the starting 11 as Gavin McCann and Andy O’Brien may be out due to injury. Bolton’s latest signing Lee Chung–Yong is very unlikely to make the start, but if he is on the bench I have a sneaky feeling that he will come on for the last 5 minutes.
Sunderland have their own injury problems — their first choice goalkeeper, Craig Gordon, will be on the bench with Marton Fulop starting between the sticks. Winger Andy Reid and defender Paul McShane are also unlikely to feature. The Black Cats new boss, Steve Bruce, has had a summer spending spree; including former Spurs striker Darren Bent who cost £10m.
Sunderland’s Danny Collins seems to think he knows everything about The Wanderers. He told the official Sunderland website;
“I’ve played against Bolton a few times and you know what you’re going to get from them – quite a few long balls, balls clipped into Kevin Davies and Elmander.
“They play to their strengths and will look to cause us problems off the front two. I’ve played against Kevin a few times and he’s a handful – he’s a big strong lad who’s done well at Bolton.
“We know what to expect when we go down there. I think perhaps the likes at Stoke looked at Bolton when they came up – teams who aren’t ready for a battle are going to struggle.”
This will be the 140th time that Bolton and Sunderland have played each other. We can only hope that Bolton can defeat the Black cats for the 50th time.
BWFC24’s Prediction
Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1 Sunderland
A confident start by the Wanderers with plenty of goal scoring opportunities for Elmander and Davies that batter the woodwork. Darren Bent to get Sunderland’s equaliser in the last 10 minutes.
