England duo Phil Jones and Chris Smalling have impressed in United’s last two Premier League fixtures – victories over Tottenham and Liverpool respectively – that have put Champions League qualification well within their grasp.

Oldham come into Tuesday’s north Manchester derby on the back of their first win in four matches while Rochdale are within three points of the play-offs with two games in hand over sixth-placed Peterborough.

Tom Walker’s goal looked to be bringing Bolton a smash-and-grab victory back from the DW Stadium, but Martyn Waghorn’s acrobatic in injury-time for Wigan meant the visitors had to settle for a single point.

Juan Mata notched either side of half time to put the Manchester United into a commanding lead at Anfield, though ten-man Liverpool – who had substitute Steven Gerrard sent off in the first minute of the second half – did pull one back through Daniel Sturridge.

Rochdale triumphed 3-1 at Spotland thanks to goals from Michael Rose, Ian Henderson and Peter Vincenti while Kevin van Veen netted for Scunthorpe.

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The Latics currently sit 22nd in the table and six points adrift of safety with just eight games left of the season and welcome the Trotters to the DW Stadium.

Bolton have two wins out of two this season against Wigan, having ran out 3-1 winners at the Macron Stadium in November which spelled the end of Uwe Rosler’s reign less than a week later.

MM have teamed up with Manchester City to offer one lucky fan and their friend the opportunity to watch the clash against West Brom on Saturday March 21 at 12:45pm.

Lennon blasted several senior Bolton Wanderers’ players as the club, guilty of missing numerous good opportunities in front of goal, suffered a disappointing 1-0 loss against Ipswich Town at Portman Road.

Josh Morris scored the only goal of the match for the home side, his third in three games, as Rochdale dominated possession but struggled to break down a resilient Fleetwood outfit.