the Trotters take on the Railwaymen in the oldest national club cup competition in the world. These sides have already played each other recently with a game in pre-season, as well as as clash in the EFL Trophy at the start of the campaign when the Railwaymen emerged triumphant in a 3-2 victory.
Ahead of the match, Wanderers head coach Ian Evatt has vowed to name the strongest possible team he can against David Artell's side.
In the last match against Mansfield Town, Evatt elected to make two changes to the side which was humbled 4-0 by Leyton Orient.
Ronan Darcy was handed his first start of the season in place of Arthur Gnahoua, while Tom White started in place of Andrew Tutte.
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