2-1, thems the magic numbers between these two teams. Four of last six league matches between Fulham and Bolton have finished with a 2-1 score line and the home team celebrating. And £200k and £40,000 are the magic numbers for The New Football Pools as this week Footy 15 has a staggering £200,000 jackpot and it’s a Premier 10 rollover too with £40,000 there to win.

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Just the one point salvaged Bolton from the drop last season; their main problem being a devastating lack of firepower. Despite leaving the club midway through the season, Nicolas Anelka remained the Trotters top goal scorer with 10 league goals; Nolan followed up with just half that tally, Diouf with four and then McCann three. So this latest news regarding a brand spanking new, experienced, front duo should bring music to Bolton fans ears. Or should it?

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The Blues are back to their best, doing what they’ve been good at in recent years - grinding out points and contesting trophies. This weekend they need to better Manchester United’s result at Wigan to win the title despite looking well out of the championship race just 2 months ago. Fortunately for Avram Grant and co. they face a Bolton team assured of Premier League survival barring a miraculous turn of events. Premier 10 players, mark this one down as a home win!

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The end of the season is nigh and what’s great is competition is still rife in all areas of the league. So with this in mind from now until D-Day, Judgement Day, Silverware Sunday - or whatever appropriately titled pun Sky Sports creatively(!) come up with - I am sticking my neck on the line (after looking at the stats mind) and predicting who’ll go down, who’ll lift the trophy and who’ll nap fifth place. Today - it’s the R word.

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If you’d asked me three weeks ago if I saw any light at the end of Bolton’s very dismal tunnel, it would have a resounding “No”. Although the light remains just a glimmer, I now think Bolton will live to fight another season.

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If Bolton do go down this season they’ll be a number of delighted Premier League clubs who’ve struggled against their direct, in your face style over the years. One such club will be Tottenham. The North London aristocrats have been on the wrong end of a number of bruising defeats against the Trotters in recent seasons and to knock them off next season’s Premier League fixture list will be particularly pleasing. However, just when Bolton’s future looked bleaker than John Arne Riise’s chances of a new Liverpool contract, the Trotters pulled off back to back wins and their chances of survival suddenly looks far brighter. The dilemma for Premier 10 players this week is do they back the home side’s superior class or the away side’s fighting spirit. Not an easy choice I must admit.

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The Trotters home win over West Ham last week has given Gary Megson’s side real hope of avoiding the drop but with this match being 1 of 3 remaining away games they still look destined for the drop.

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Bolton are fast running out of matches in which to launch a late survival bid as there are just 5 matches left to play and they remain 4 points adrift of 4th from bottom Birmingham. This Premier 10 fixture is arguably their best chance of 3 points from all their remaining games so expect this low on confidence side to come out all guns blazing. After all, they face away games at Boro, Tottenham and Chelsea as well as one more home game against in form Sunderland to come.

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Both these sides suffered devastating defeats last weekend so confidence will be low in both camps. Villa were humbled 4-0 at Old Trafford whilst Bolton threw away a 2-0 lead at home to 10-man Arsenal and lost the match in stoppage time. The Trotters are now 4 points adrift of Premier League safety and they need to pick up at least a point from this Premier 10 match.

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Arsene Wenger’s young guns are misfiring at the moment after their worst run of form for 9 years. They’ve picked up a mere 4 points from the last 15 available after 4 draws and a defeat which have left them struggling to keep pace with League leaders United. On paper this looks a nice fixture for them to bounce back to their scintillating best, after all, Bolton are in the relegation zone and haven’t won a League game since early February. However, Wenger will be painfully aware that his team doesn’t usually enjoy their days out at the Reebok.

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