1.   A Bolton victory would probably lift it out of the relegation mire with Ipswich and Everton level on points and facing tough games.

2.   A Bolton victory would probably lift it out of the relegation mire, with Ipswich and Everton level on points and facing tough games.

3.   Middlesbrough and Everton, meanwhile, can take time off their battle to avoid getting sucked into the relegation mire.

4.   Elsewhere, Everton striker Nick Barmby returns to Middlesbrough ready to plunge his struggling former club deeper into the relegation mire.

5.   West Ham, winners on Thursday over Wimbledon, slip back into the relegation mire.

6.   Strachan is backing his charges to haul themselves out of the relegation mire.