Oxford will be without Billy Bodin against Wanderers after the forward was sent off in the 1-1 draw against Portsmouth.

Kyle Joseph put the U’s in front at Fratton Park but the hosts hit back through Colby Bishop 12 minutes from time.

Bodin was given his marching orders after picking up a second yellow card, and manager Karl Robinson felt he was unlucky.

He told the club’s website: “In the last two games we have been undone by two decisions going against us.

“Billy Bodin’s second yellow card was stupid and he knows that, but his first one clearly wasn’t a booking with the tackles that were going on in the first half.

“It was a bit silly but Billy has given me everything since he came back into the team.”

Robinson will also be in the stands rather than in the dugout against Wanderers after he was cautioned at Fratton Park.

Meanwhile, last season's top scorer Matt Taylor is serving a three-game suspension after receiving a straight red card against Wycombe earlier this month.

Robinson added: “We have performed so well over the last couple of years, been in the play-offs, been leading goalscorers. But for different reasons we find ourselves in a difficult moment right now.

“Those moments challenge you as an individual and as a professional. We have taken one point from two games when we should have had more but the fans are there giving us fantastic support every week.

“They are the constant and the important people, so we have to stay positive and we will travel up to Bolton and fight for everything again for them.

“It’s hard at the moment but we have to go again Saturday. It’s a hard week when we are decimated and without players, and that’s nobody’s fault.

“I see the players every day and see the pain, but the one thing we will do, we will fight like hell for everything.”

Wanderers recorded a 3-2 victory at the Kassam Stadium back in February thanks to goals from Declan John, Marlon Fossey and Amadou Bakayoko.

Evatt’s men also came out on top when the sides last met at the UniBol, with Dapo Afolayan and Eoin Doyle on target in a 2-1 victory.