Stoke City v Bolton Wanderers: Can Bolton do a Wigan and beat Stoke on the final day?

Bolton Wanderers fans have experienced one miracle this season thanks to Fabrice Muamba's remarkable recovery from his on-pitch cardiac arrest. On Sunday, the travelling hoards of Bolton supporters will be hoping to witness another as the Wanderers aim to beat Stoke City and beat the drop.

Owen Coyle's men missed out on the chance of going into this weekend's finale level on points with fellow strugglers QPR. Djbril Cisse's last-gasp winner against the Potters last weekend, combined with late goals for West Brom against Bolton, delivered a hammer blow to Bolton's survival hopes, but the gaffer will be drumming it into his players that they must pick themselves up off the floor and give it their all at the Britannia.

Nobody likes playing at the Britannia Stadium. The fans are ferocious, the players are like rabid dogs seeking the ball and Tony Pulis just hates losing. He suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Bolton at the Reebok earlier this season when the Wanderers gained revenge for last year's FA Cup semi-final 5-0 drubbing, but will Pulis have the last laugh? On current form it doesn't look like it.

Stoke City have only one Premier League win to their name over their past 10 outings and that was against relegated Wolves at the Britannia in April. However, during that time they have drawn at home to Manchester City, Arsenal and Everton. The Potters remain a tough nut to crack and will want to give their fans something to shout about before they head off for the summer, but Wigan Athletic rolled up at the Brit on the final day of the season in the same position as Bolton and we all know what happened there. Can Bolton be this season's Wigan?

Owen Coyle's last league victory came against Aston Villa and the Midlands has proved to be a happy hunting ground for the Trotters this season, with Wolves also being shot down by Bolton on their travels. Bolton know they have to win and pray Manchester City wrap up the title in style against QPR to have any hope of staying up. And they have the players capable of getting the job done.

At the start of the season I thought former England and Spurs boss Terry Venables had lost the plot when he feared Bolton could be relegated this season. With 90 minutes left to go, I hope and pray that Bolton can do the business and prove El Tel wrong. Unfortunately the majority of our pundits is edging slightly in the home side's favour.

Stoke City v Bolton Wanderers; Kick Off 3pm May 13 2012

Prediction Panel

Arsenal	Don McMahon	1	V	0
Aston Villa	Frank Pattison	2	V	0
Blackburn	Terry Kennedy	2	V	1
Bolton	Dave Blackburn	1	V	1
Chelsea	Joe Tyler	0	V	1
Everton	Chris Goodwin	0	V	2
Fulham	Neil Springate	2	V	1
Liverpool	Mark Williams	1	V	2
Man City	Callum Rothwell	1	V	1
Man Utd	Peter Lee	1	V	0
Newcastle	Michael Stout	1	V	0
Norwich City	Sue Read	1	V	1
QPR	Arjun Swaminathan	0	V	0
Stoke City	Philip Eccleston	2	V	0
Sunderland	Tony Ratton	1	V	1
Tottenham	Mike Richards	1	V	1
Swansea	Jim White	1	V	1
West Brom	Andy Wakeman	2	V	0
Wigan	Alan Moore	0	V	0
Wolves	Chris Cox	2	V	0
OUR EXPERTS
Writer	Colin Illingworth	1	V	2
Writer	Steve Coulter	0	V	2
Writer	Phil Bundy	1	V	0
Writer	Mitch Waddon	1	V	1
Writer	Matt Turner	TBA	V	TBA
Writer	Chris Pettitt	2	V	1
Writer	Hugh Larkin	1	V	1
Villa fan	Lynette Ranson	TBA	V	TBA
Blackpool fan	Phil Trow	2	V	1
Boro fan	Sue Gardener	1	V	3
Fulham fan	Russell Goldman	1	V	2
Pompey fan	Dan Taylor	2	V	1
Pompey fan	Peter Rendle	1	V	1
West Ham fan	Matthew Beeby	1	V	0
West Ham fan	Nigel Telfer	2	V	1
Editor	Antony Melvin	0	V	1

Panel Verdict

It looks as though Bolton are about to say farewell with Blackburn and Wolves.

Home: 15; Draw: 11; Away: 8. TBA 2

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