Eoin Toal is back available for the visit of Blackpool after the skipper was left out of the squad that travelled to Reading in midweek.
Toal wasn’t 100 per cent after the draw at Lincoln last weekend, but the centre-back has trained and could return against the Seasiders.
Bolton have no fresh injury concerns, with only Amario Cozier-Duberry (knee) and Marcus Forss (hamstring) sidelined with longer-term issues.
“A couple of bumps, bruises and tight bodies from Tuesday night's performance at Reading and the long journey back,” said Steven Schumacher. “But everyone is pretty healthy, just the two long-termers again, so we are in a good spot.
“Eoin Toal obviously didn't travel on Tuesday because he was a little bit tight after the Lincoln game. He has trained Thursday, Friday so that's a bonus.”
Schumacher opted to make four changes in midweek, with the fixtures coming thick and fast, including a first start for Johnny Kenny following his loan switch from Celtic.
When asked about selection headaches, the boss replied: “Your job is difficult when the team are playing well and you don't want to make too many changes all the time.
“The only changes that you do make you think are necessary ones for tactical reasons, so it's difficult when everyone's fit from that perspective.
“But we'd rather have everyone fit and everybody playing well. It's the better problem to have than not having enough players.
“So getting Eoin Toal back up for selection is good. He's our captain and he's been really consistent this year, so we're glad to have him back available.”
Schumacher took positives from the Reading display, even though there was some frustration that Bolton couldn’t make their second-half dominance count with all three points.
“The performance was good on Tuesday night,” he reflected. “We did play well, we were in control of the game.
“We had some really big chances early on in the game. We found ourselves behind from a good goal from them, it was a good finish.
“Then for the next 65 minutes or whatever it was, we were on top of the game again. In the end, I think the minimum we deserved was a point. We probably should have taken all three.”
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