Bolton vs Oxford United live commentary: League One rivals head to play-off final at Wembley – kick-off time, team news and how to follow the match

Bolton Wanderers and Oxford United meet tonight in the League One play-off final, which will be broadcast live on talkSPORT.

of trotters Although they missed out on the automatic promotion spot, they will have another chance to qualify for the Championship next season if they reach Wembley.

Ian Evatt’s team finished in third place, five points behind Derby County, but advanced to the final with a 5-4 aggregate victory over Barnsley.

Bolton finished with a 10-point difference, so they go into this game as favorites to win. Oxford Inside the table.

As for Des Buckingham’s side, The U’s narrowly won 2-1 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final against Peterborough United.

Google News Bolton vs Oxford United: Goals everywhere

Both teams have had no trouble finding the back of the net this season.

Bolton finished the year second in the division’s scoring rankings with an astonishing 89 goals.

However, they also conceded 51 goals, far more than the top two teams, Portsmouth (41 goals conceded) and Derby (37 goals conceded).

Oxford, on the other hand, scored 79 goals at home, more than the top two teams achieved, but the club also conceded 56 goals.

So it’s clear where these teams are succeeding and where they’re struggling.

Google News Bolton vs Oxford United: Team news

Bolton will be without defender George Johnston.

He has been out all season and will not play in this game.

However, apart from him, there are no other injury concerns.

Meanwhile, Oxford are sweating over Mark Harris’s poor health due to a bruise.

However, Will Goodwin returned to training due to a foot problem.

Google News Bolton vs Oxford United: What is being said?

The Trotters are expected to have around 30,000 fans back this weekend, and Evatt thanked them ahead of the game.

He said: “Going to Wembley means absolutely everything to us, in the midst of a cost of living crisis, where we were able to welcome over 30,000 fans in 10 days.

“It’s an incredible support and an incredible accomplishment to have that kind of support. All we want to do is go out and make them proud and if we can do that I’m sure you’ll have a nice day.

“When you go out on a Saturday and see an army of white men there, it makes all the hard work from early in the morning until late at night worth it.

“I’m very proud and I’m going to look back on everything and say ‘thank you’ to everyone, but after that it’s just business and we’re here to win the game.”

Google News Bolton vs Oxford United: dates and how to follow

The League 1 play-off final is scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 17th.

Kick-off at Wembley is scheduled for 4:15pm.

talkSPORT will be presented by Adrian Durham and will be broadcasting live from North London.

Sam Matterface, former Watford striker Chris Iwelumo and ex-Arsenal player Adrian Clarke will then provide commentary.

talkSPORT.com will also feature all the reactions from Wembley.

To watch talkSPORT from the website, go toClick here for the live stream.

You can also listen to it fromtalk sports appDAB Digital Radio, Smart Speaker, 1089am or 1053am.