Ali Crawford set to miss out for Bolton

Bolton midfielder Ali Crawford looks set to miss the Sky Bet League One clash with Fleetwood due to a knee issue.

Crawford was carried off on a stretcher after sustaining the injury towards the end of Tuesday’s 3-1 Leasing.com Trophy win against Manchester City Under-21s.

Wanderers are also expected to be without defender Josh Earl, who sat out the City match having suffered a thigh injury in the 2-0 league win at Bristol Rovers a week earlier.

The back-to-back wins were the first victories this season for Bolton, League One’s bottom side.

Fleetwood appeared to come through their 1-0 win against MK Dons last time out unscathed on the injury front.

Striker Ched Evans will hope to return to the starting line-up after coming off the bench and scoring a late winner in that contest.

It remains to be seen if there is any involvement for defender Ashley Eastham, who has been recovering from a calf problem.

Fleetwood are currently fourth in the table, four points behind top two Ipswich and Wycombe.