{"id":427823,"date":"2011-05-21T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/bolton-wanderers-manchester-city-preview-roberto-mancinis-men-looking-to-clinch-third-spot-with-an-away-day-victory\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T10:08:00","slug":"bolton-wanderers-manchester-city-preview-roberto-mancinis-men-looking-to-clinch-third-spot-with-an-away-day-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/bolton-wanderers-manchester-city-preview-roberto-mancinis-men-looking-to-clinch-third-spot-with-an-away-day-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton Wanderers &#8211; Manchester City Preview: Roberto Mancini&#8217;s men looking to clinch third spot with an away day victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h2>Italian&#8217;s charges are currently in third place and can hang on to their position by registering a victory on the final day of the season, avoiding a Champions League play-off<\/h2>\n<h3>By Steve Hewlett<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.7115987461\">\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img64.imageshack.us\/img64\/8849\/kitbagsmall.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody readability=\"5\">\n<tr readability=\"15\">\n<td width=\"90%\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><em><strong>Bolton Wanderers (4-4-2)<\/strong><br \/>Jaaskelainen; Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson; Lee, Cohen, Taylor, Gardner; Elmander, Sturridge.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nJohan Elmander could be announced as Galatasaray bound by the time kick-off arrives and this would be his farewell.<\/p>\n<p>Fabrice Muamba picked up a hamstring injury in the last outing against Blackpool and may miss out. Kevin Davies and Stuart Holden are still in the treatment room and will not see action until next season.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody readability=\"5.5\">\n<tr readability=\"16.5\">\n<td width=\"90%\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><em><strong>Manchester City (4-2-3-1)<\/strong><\/em><em><br \/>Hart; Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Zabaletta; De Jong, Barry, Johnson, Toure Y, Silva, Tevez<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nRoberto Mancini is likely to field a strong XI on Sunday as City\u2019s quest for a third place finish reaches it\u2019s climax. Gareth Barry could come in for James Milner, whilst Carlos Tevez could make his final appearance for City if his move away from Eastlands comes to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>City have kept three clean sheets in as many games and Mancini will likely stick with what is working &#8211; meaning the defence should remain untouched.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bolton\u2019s recent home league record against City is very good. Their last loss in this fixture came in December 2004, when Joey Barton scored the only goal for the visitors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>But the Trotters&#8217; recent run has been awful. They have lost their last four on the spin and would hate to finish the season on a five match cold streak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>City\u2019s form is much better, however, as six wins in the last seven and only three goals conceded shows they are now a very tough team to beat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With Joe Hart (pictured right) receiving the Golden Gloves award this week, he could finish the season with 18 clean sheets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/21\/2495922\/bolton-wanderers-manchester-city-preview-roberto-mancinis\" title=\"Bolton Wanderers - Manchester City Preview: Roberto Mancini's men looking to clinch third spot with an away day victory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bolton Wanderers &#8211; Manchester City Preview: Roberto Mancini&#8217;s men looking to clinch third spot with an away day victory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Italian&#8217;s charges are currently in third place and can hang on to their position by registering a victory on the final day of the season, avoiding a Champions League play-off By Steve Hewlett Shop for the latest footy kit Bolton Wanderers (4-4-2) Jaaskelainen; Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson; Lee, Cohen, Taylor, Gardner; Elmander, Sturridge. Johan Elmander could be announced as Galatasaray bound by the time kick-off arrives and this would be his farewell. Fabrice Muamba picked up a hamstring injury in the last outing against Blackpool and may miss out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bolton Wanderers - Manchester City Preview: Roberto Mancini&#039;s men looking to clinch third spot with an away day victory - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/bolton-wanderers-manchester-city-preview-roberto-mancinis-men-looking-to-clinch-third-spot-with-an-away-day-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bolton Wanderers - Manchester City Preview: Roberto Mancini&#039;s men looking to clinch third spot with an away day victory - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Italian&#039;s charges are currently in third place and can hang on to their position by registering a victory on the final day of the season, avoiding a Champions League play-off By Steve Hewlett Shop for the latest footy kit Bolton Wanderers (4-4-2) Jaaskelainen; Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson; Lee, Cohen, Taylor, Gardner; Elmander, Sturridge. 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