It is the first game in a fortnight for Neil McDonald's side and they will be hoping to claim their first win since October in a game where Mario Jardel is the only experienced face amongst what is a prodiminently young Wanderers line up consisting of mainly Academy graduates. Only Jeff Smith, Charlie Platt and Cleveland Taylor have also appeared for the first team.
Villa include experienced quartet Stefan Postma, Ulises De La Cruz, Mark Kinsella and Mustapha Hadji in their line up whilst there is also places for goalscoring brothers Stefan and Luke Moore as Kevin MacDonalds team look to improve their lead at the top of the Premier Reserve League.
BOLTON RESERVES: Jeremy Bon, Ricky Shakes, Jason Talbot, Bradley Hill, Charlie Comyn-Platt, Joey O'Brien, Lewis Hamlin, Jeff Smith, Ricardo Vaz Te, Cleveland Taylor, Bedi Buval
SUBS: Reda Kribib, Chris Howarth, Reece Jones, Anthony Errington, Michael Gillan, Dale Whitehead
VILLA RESERVES: Stefan Postma, Ulises De La Cruz, Ryan Amoo, Jonathan Bewers, Liam Ridgewell, Mark Kinsella, Mustapha Hadji, Steven Foley-Sheridan, Stefan Moore, Luke Moore, Peter Hynes
SUBS: Mika Aaritalo, Olejnik, Gary Cahill, James O'Connor, Jamie Ward