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Manchester City striker Bradley Wright-Phillips is still missing with a minor knee problem.
Manager Stuart Pearce is expected to name an unchanged line-up as the Blues look to avoid defeat and equal the second best run in the club's history.
Bolton appear to have no fresh injury worries ahead of the Lancashire derby with City.
The only doubt surrounds midfielder Gary Speed, who missed their Uefa Cup tie with a hamstring injury.
Man City (from): James, De Vlieger, Weaver, Mills, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin Jordan, Sommeil, Thatcher, Sinclair, Reyna, Barton, Sun, Croft, Sibierski, Musampa, Cole, Vassell, Fowler.
Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Nolan, N'Gotty, Speed, Giannakopoulos, Campo, Pedersen, Okocha, Gardner, Davies, Nakata, Borgetti, Diouf, O'Brien, Faye, Jaidi, Fernandes, Walker.
# Manchester City midfielder Claudio Reyna:
"Generally, we have done well against the better teams. Now we have to come back and do well against the teams in mid-table.
"Bolton represents a very different challenge to Manchester United last week but it's not an easier one.
"After such a good run, we are confident but the manager ensures we do not shoot our mouths off and hopefully that attitude will take us a long way."
# Bolton striker Jared Borgetti:
"I know I have to score in the Premier League because that is where you prove yourself as a striker, but this is the first of many goals for me.
"I know my role. I'm a goalscorer, that's my nature, and although this is only my first goal, I know I have to score more.
"I feel that by playing more and more, I know I can prove myself."
BIG-MATCH FACTS
# MANCHESTER CITY play Bolton in the Greater Manchester derby needing to avoid defeat to take their astounding unbeaten run in 14 games, and equal the undefeated top flight sequence in 1976/77. It's City's second local derby in as many games, and their 50th League clash with Bolton on City soil. But City will need to be wary, as the Trotters were the last team to leave Eastlands with maximum points, over six months ago.
# City faced arguably their biggest test to their unbeaten sequence last Saturday, but held arch rivals Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford to make it three wins and two draws from the first five outings this term. They've won half of the 14 matches played since Stuart Pearce has been selecting the side, losing only once. They're the most resilient club in the Premiership, gaining two victories and one draw from losing positions already in this campaign.
# City are searching for a fifth win in seven Premiership clashes with Bolton, and for victory in the 99th League meeting between these clubs.
# BOLTON WANDERERS defend an unbeaten away Premiership record, just three days after making a winning debut in Europe.
# The Trotters go to the City of Manchester Stadium on the back of victories against Newcastle (h) and West Ham (a) and a goalless home draw with Blackburn. A draw and a victory on the road have taken their undefeated Premiership run away from the Reebok to five matches, stretching back to the beginning of April.
# Last season's 0-1 victory was Bolton's first Premiership maximum on City turf. Senegal international El Hadji Diouf converted a far post cross to award the Trotters all three points after another dogged display, which put them on course for a first ever European campaign.
Referee:
Mike Dean (Wirral)
SEQUENCES/RECENT FORM
MANCHESTER CITY
Club stats
Fixtures
Going into the weekend: 3rd 11 points
(all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premiership fixtures)
# Best previous sequence in top flight football was 14 matches between 30 October 1976 and 17 February 1977 when Tony Book was in charge, and Joe Royle, Brian Kidd and Colin Bell were on the playing staff.
# Won three and drawn three since Stuart Pearce was permanently installed as manager.
# If City finish all square, it'll be their 100th draw in Premier League history.
# Never before have the Light Blues racked up 11 points from the first five games of a Premiership season. Even defeat would equal their previous best after the first six games of a Premier League campaign.
# Shipped one goal in each of the last four outings.
# Gone 12 Premiership games since conceding more than a single goal (2-2, away to Charlton on 2 April).
# Failed to score in only one of the last eight in this division.
# Undefeated in six in the highest League at home.
# Won four and drawn two at the City of Manchester Stadium since losing 0-1 to Bolton on 7 March.
BOLTON WANDERERS
Club stats
Fixtures
Going into the weekend: 5th 8 points
(all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premiership fixtures)
# Gone in at half time all square in four of their five League matches to date.
# Won eight of the last 13 away from home in all competitions.
# Won two and drawn three on the road in the Premiership since losing 0-1 to Liverpool on 2 April.
# Kept one clean sheet in the last eight top tier matches on their travels (at Manchester City).
# Scored in each of the last five away games.
# Failed to score in one of the last 11 Premiership engagements on the road.
KEY PLAYER NOTES/POTENTIAL MILESTONES
MANCHESTER CITY
Squad profiles
# Joey BARTON and Andrew COLE are City's top scorers with two goals each.
# Barton, goalkeeper David JAMES and Ben THATCHER have played every minute of every one of Manchester City's matches this season.
BOLTON WANDERERS
Squad profiles
# If he plays, Gary SPEED - who's played every minute of every one of Bolton's Premiership games this season - will be extending the record for Premier League appearances to 458.
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME:
Manchester City 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
7 March 2005 - Ref: Alan Wiley
Bolton scorer: Diouf 45
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
League: Man City 39 wins, Bolton 37, Draws 22
Prem: Man City 5 wins, Bolton 2, Draws 1
HEAD TO HEAD at Manchester C
League: Man City 28 wins, Bolton 11, Draws 10
Prem: Man City 3 wins, Bolton 1, Draws 0
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