Doncaster v Bolton

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Doncaster Rovers host Premiership side Bolton Wanderers in only the second game at their new Keepmoat Stadium.

The FA Cup third-round tie pits two of England's most in-form teams together on Saturday.

Rovers have lost just one of their last 14 games in all competitions, while Bolton have picked up maximum points in five of their last six.

Doncaster have never gone past the third round of the famous competition and manager Sean O'Driscoll will have set his sights on making history by orchestrating an upset at the weekend.

Bolton, meanwhile, are aiming to go all the way in this season's competition and repeat the feat of 1923, when The Trotters won the first game at the old Wembley stadium.

With the final returning to Wembley this year, the FA Cup is high on Sam Allardyce's list of priorities.

That in mind, Allardyce is not expected to make wholesale changes to his side for the trip to South Yorkshire.

Midfielder Ivan Campo is suspended after picking up his fifth booking of the season and Henrik Pedersen is out with a calf injury.

Stelios Giannakopoulos, El Hadji Diouf, Kevin Nolan and Quinton Fortune are all injury doubts.

O'Driscoll could include Brian Stock in his Doncaster team after the midfielder missed the game against Huddersfield.

Left-back Gareth Roberts will miss out as he starts a three-match ban, but captain Graham Lee is available despite receiving his fifth booking of the season last time out.

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Doncaster:
Smith, Paul Green, Lockwood, Lee, O'Connor, Coppinger, Wilson, Stock, Forte, McCammon, Heffernan.
Subs:
Guy, Stephen Roberts, Dyer, Price, Thornton.

Bolton:
Walker, Hunt, Faye, Meite, Gardner, Teymourian, Tal, Fortune, Giannakopoulos, Davies, Vaz Te.
Subs:
Al Habsi, Speed, Anelka, Smith, Augustyn.

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0:1 Kevin Davies (7)

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0:2 Kevin Davies (22)

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0:3 Idan Tal (33)

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0:4 Teymourian (49)

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0-4 Full-time!

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Bolton Wanderers eased past League One opposition Doncaster Rovers with a comfortable 4-0 victory at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Kevin Davies began the scoring early before the first of two Andranik Teymourian goals followed mid-way through the first half.

Idan Tal netted a third on 33 minutes and Teymourian's second came just after the break as Bolton cruised into the fourth round.

The Trotters were ahead inside eight minutes when Stelios Giannakopoulos' dinked ball to the back post was met well by Davies who neatly volleyed into the bottom corner.

Doncaster looked certain to equalise when Paul Heffernan climbed highest to head towards goal only for Ian Walker to get down superbly to push the ball away from goal.

Walker's Doncaster counterpart Benjamin Smith pulled off an equally impressive save to keep out Teymourian with an excellent reaction stop.

However, the Iran international was not to be denied his first goal for Bolton as moments later he rocketed a shot into the top corner from the edge of the area that left Smith with no chance.

Tal added a third as he followed up to slot home from 12 yards after his initial shot was only parried by Smith.

Doncaster enjoyed more of the play as the game moved towards half-time, but the best they could muster was a Mark Wilson effort from 25 yards that flew well over.

Five minutes into the second half Bolton stretched their lead further with Teymourian's second of the game.

Davies' ball across the edge of the area was poked past a stationary James O'Connor and through one-on-one with Smith, Teymourian coolly dispatched Bolton's fourth.

Ricardo Vaz Te and Davies both saw chances kept out as Sam Allardyce's side continued to push for more goals, while at the other end Heffernan was causing the Bolton defence a number of problems.

The Rovers striker had a goal-bound effort blocked by a sprawling Abdoulaye Faye as well as curling a shot over the top of Ian Walker's goal.

Graeme Lee headed into the side netting at the back post as Doncaster tried valiantly for a consolation, but without any success.

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