Bolton Wanderers welcome Middlesbrough on Friday night football at the Toughsheet Community Stadium, and Football League World looks at every player who will miss this exciting match in Greater Manchester.

Bolton will attempt to extend their good run of form when Middlesbrough visit their stadium on Friday night, with Steven Schumacher’s team having lost only one of their past four games, including victory against Cardiff City, Norwich City, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The Trotters held Southampton to a goalless draw at St Mary’s the last time out, and Schumacher will be hopeful his team can continue to upset the big guns on Friday.

Middlesbrough, meanwhile, has just lost once in the Championship this season, away to Blackburn Rovers in August, as the club maintains its bid for automatic promotion under Kim Hellberg.

Both clubs are scoring goals like crazy right now, but both have been far from watertight at the back; this one is shaping up to be a goalfest, as Football League World looks at each player certain to miss this match.

Christopher Forino-Joseph

Bolton’s sole probable absentee right now is St Lucian center-back Chris Forino-Joseph, who has missed the previous five games due to a groin ailment.

In his press conference prior to the Wolves game, Schumacher hinted that the 26-year-old could return to the team to face Borough, but he has yet to announce whether he will be part.

Rokas Pukstas

Middlesbrough beat Birmingham City to the signing of talented American midfielder Rokas Pukstas in the summer, paying roughly £4.3 million to get the 22-year-old from Hajduk Split.

However, his time on Teesside has not gone as planned, with Hellberg making only one Championship appearance after 11 games, and claiming he suffered an injury during the international break.

There is no definite date scheduled for when he will return to action, but it appears that it will not be this one.

David Strelec

Slovakian attacker David Strelec has seen his minutes drastically reduced this season, making only two brief league games and another two in the League Cup.

The 25-year-old sustained an injury while on international duty with Slovakia and has not been included in a matchday squad in over a month, as Strelec’s problems appear set to continue into the Bolton game.

Alfie Jones

Canadian defender Alfie Jones has had a difficult year with injuries, missing the entire second half of last season for Borough, and while he returned to action in the early stages of this season, a calf injury sustained before the international break has been a further setback for the 29-year-old.

It is unknown when he will return to the field, but it does not appear like it will be for this one.