Arsenal still look to be suffering a hangover from the Carling Cup final defeat at the hands of Birmingham City last season and it is only in recent weeks that they seem to have sprung back into form, with a reasonable performances in the Champions and Premier League.
Tonight they take on a Bolton side who are reeling from a dire set of results. Granted they did win against Wigan on their penultimate start but that looks more and more like a one off as Sunderland departed the Reebok with all three points on Saturday.
The Gunners will rest players tonight in anticipation of the Premier league trip to Chelsea on Saturday but the injury prone Thomas Vermaelen will probably return along with . fringe players such as Chamberlain, Coquelin and Chu-Young.
Bolton did cause a stir by beating Villa in the previous round and their best form has been away from home this season with league wins at the QPR and Wigan and given Arsenal may need to do team introductions the draw at 10/3 looks the option tonight.
