Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Shrewsbury Town will be looking for relief from their difficult league start when they entertain fellow League One outfit Bolton Wanderers in the EFL Cup second round.

Paul Hurst's side suffered their third straight league defeat against Huddersfield Town on Saturday, while Bolton also tasted their first loss of the season against Charlton in their previous fixture.

How to watch Shrewsbury v Bolton and TV channel

Shrewsbury v Bolton will be shown on Sky Sports+.

Shrewsbury v Bolton kick-off time, date and venue

Shrewsbury v Bolton will kick off at 19:45 BST on Tuesday 27th August at the New Meadow.

Shrewsbury v Bolton stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Shrewsbury remain pointless in League One after commencing the new campaign with three straight defeats.

Defeated play-off finalists last term, Bolton started their campaign with a win against Leyton Orient, but have since been held by Wrexham and beaten by Charlton.

Both of these sides required penalties in the first round to overcome their respective opponents, with Shrewsbury knocking out Notts County and Bolton eliminating Mansfield Town.

It's a matchup Bolton have dominated in recent years, winning four and drawing one of the last six meetings between the two sides.

Shrewsbury v Bolton head-to-head record (H2H)

Shrewsbury wins	9
Draws	5
Bolton wins	17

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

Shrewsbury v Bolton team news

Shrewsbury team news

Jordan Rossiter (knee) and Josh Feeney (hamstring) remain sidelined.

New club captain Carl Winchester overcame an injury scare to feature against Huddersfield and is expected to retain his place.

Bolton team news

Ian Evatt may make changes from the side that started against Charlton with Jordi Osei-Tutu and Victor Adeboyejo in contention.

Gethin Jones and Randell Williams remain unavailable.