Bolton vs Portsmouth

Wanderers could take another step closer to Wembley when they take on League One rivals Portsmouth in the Papa Johns Trophy quarter-final.

However, there is no Papa Johns Trophy highlights show scheduled at the time of writing. Their last win came in September 2009, with Tamir Cohen, Matt Taylor and Gary Cahill all getting on the scoresheet. The best place to follow the action is Gain unlimited access to the Bolton News website with a You can follow the Bolton News on social media by joining us on How to follow the action

Pompey received plenty of plaudits after a narrow FA Cup defeat at Premier League giants Tottenham on Saturday.

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Wanderers hit the Trophy trail again as they look to put themselves within one more win of Wembley.

We may decide to freshen things up in one or two areas but there won’t be wholesale changes. We’ll see where that takes us. Portsmouth went out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday and have won one of their last seven games – a 3-0 victory over Stevenage in the Papa Johns Trophy to set up tonight’s trip to Wanderers. We will be prepared and ready to play. The winners will advance to the last four as Wanderers seek to keep alive hopes of a first trip to Wembley since 2011 and a chance to win the competition for the first time since 1989. Ian Evatt: “It’s opposition that’s hard to prepare for with a change of management and a caretaker with the one game in charge being against Tottenham.

Key Events · Pompey eyeing place in EFL Trophy semi-finals. · Blues make five changes for trip to Bolton. · Scarlett, Pigott, Curtis, Koroma and Pack return.

[Bolton](/topic/bolton) Stadium. [Blues](/topic/blues) are without a win in all competitions since their 3-0 victory over Stevenage in the third round. Pompey make the long midweek trip to Bolton this evening.

Bolton Wanderers host Portsmouth in the EFL Trophy tonight. Ahead of the tie, some of our writers issue their score predictions...

“Bolton have put in some really good performances of late. “While both sides have rotated in this competition, they’ve still been able to field competitive sides. Since losing their first group game to Crawley Town on penalties, Pompey have won all their ties in the competition.