Ian Evatt hopes home support can make the difference as Wanderers prepare for the first of three matches at the UniBol over the next week.

Morecambe are first up, with Sheffield Wednesday and Premier League outfit Aston Villa also heading to UniBol.

Evatt is pleased with his side’s start to the season but is keen to push on and make the most of their momentum as they aim to keep climbing the League One table.

“We’ve got a real big three games to come,” said the Bolton chief. “We are very much looking forward to it.

“I think it’s been replicated that we’re playing well and doing well and giving it all we can. I think the club in general is in a really good place at the minute.

“I think the team is performing well, the squad is strong, the fan base is incredible. The way they’re backing the team is incredible and you have got lots of things happening off the pitch, which is really positive for the football club.

“So it’s a really good place to be. But in these good times and good spells, you really need to capitalise and that’s what we need to do these next three games.”

Evatt is delighted with the resilience his side showed against Port Vale at the weekend despite going down to 10 men when Ricardo Santos was controversially sent off.

“I see a different look in the players’ eyes this season,” he added. “I just think they’ve got an incredible amount of belief, incredible amount of confidence and there’s a real togetherness there.

“I think they can see that, even the lads on the bench. Dapo [Afolayan] unfortunately was sacrificed at half-time because of the situation and he’s up on the side, shouting, screaming, supporting his team-mates, which is great to see.

“It matters to us all, it matters to everybody and I’m really liking what I’m seeing from them this season.

“And it wasn’t just Dapo. There was Kacha as well, who didn’t get on. He stood on the sideliens warming up but supporting his team-mates, willing them on and giving information out, which is important.

“Obviously, I wasn’t there and it is difficult to give information from the stands. But everybody knows what we want and what we require – the staff and the players as well.

“It is good to see them encouraging each other and helping each other. That is a really pleasing thing for me to see at the moment.”