Anelka's free-kick is cancelled out by Moore in the second half as both sides claim a point at The Reebok.

Guthrie almost gets on the end of a ball into the box

It comes to nothing though and there will be 3 minutes of extra time to play

Agbonlahor wins a free-kick - a chance for Villa to load the box

A point apeice here seems the likely outcome from this game

Guthrie defends well and wins a free-kick

Gardner saves well from Taylor before Diouf misses the rebound - but a good chance for a winner that

Drifiting towards a 1-1 draw now with less than 10 minutes left

Anelka is replaced by Megson now, former Villa man Jlloyd Samuel is on in his place

Young is the first Villa man to be booked

Guthrie's cross is straight at Taylor

Time ticking away and both sides continue to look for a winner

Young's final ball in is poor from a good position and Jaaskelainen gathers

McCann is off to be replaced by Danny Guthrie, the Liverpool youngster on loan at Bolton for the season

The game is finely balanced now and really could go either way with 20 minutes or so left

Young's cross for Villa is overhit and Bolton survive again

Berger's shot is blocked

Speed fires a shot wide - the second half is much better

A Bolton shot is deflected wide for a corner this time

Gary Speed is on in place of Campo - the Bolton fans didn't want him to go off though

A dangerous Villa corner just evades everyone but the visitors now look really dangerous

Villa have been much better after the break following the two substitutions

Bouma has to guide the ball behind for a Bolton corner

Campo is booked for a high challenge on Bouma

It was a shot from Agbonlahor that Moore got a touch to, but Bolton are furious at the awarding of a throw-in to Villa in the build up to the goal

Moore deflects the ball past Jussi Jaaskelainen to bring Aston Villa level

Anelka almost makes it 2-0 but he is denied by a great save from Taylor

Villa look brighter at the start of the second half and Agbonlahor wins a corner

Moore overhits his pass as Villa look to improve

Patrik Berger is also on for Villa in place of Maloney

Luke Moore is on for Villa in place of Isaiah Osbourne

The action begins in the second period

Anelka's excellent free-kick on 21 minutes gives Bolton a deserved half-time lead

Young wins a free-kick in a dangerous position from which the ball eventually finds its way to Maloney, who's shot is dropped by Jaaskelainen but Agbonlahor can't pounce on the rebound

Villa finally enjoy a bit of possession but still they can't get past the Bolton defence

Anelka is booked for a foul

Megson will be pleased with the half so far - the home side are in complete control at the moment

Olof Mellberg has to clear for another Bolton corner - from which Bouma clears for another one

Still very quiet at The Reebok with plenty of empty seats around the ground

Villa have been poor so far, not troubling the Bolton defence at all

Villa win a corner but Gavin McCann heads away easily and the Trotters break to win a quick corner of their own

Diouf combines well with Anelka again but the forward shoots just wide, almost his second of the game there though

Jaaskelainen is forced into drastic action after a poor back-pass puts him under pressure but he get's the ball away

It was a great strike from the direct free-kick and Anelka's seventh goal of the season puts the Trotters in the driving seat

Nicolas Anelka's superb free-kick flies past Taylor and Bolton have the lead

Diouf fires a decent cross over but Kevin Nolan can't control it and the chance goes begging

Bolton are enjoying the better of it as Wilfred Bouma appears to foul Campo but gets away with it

Diouf picked up a knock and needed treatment, but he's up and appears fine now

Gardner advances into the Villa box and goes down wanting a penalty - the referee says no though

Joey O'Brien's attempt is very high and wide and never troubling Villa keeper Stuart Taylor

No major chances at either end so far as both sides look tentative early on

Ricardo Gardner hauls down Ashley Young for a Villa free-kick

Andy O'Brien defends well to nod the ball back to Jussi Jaaskelainen with Agbonlahor on the prowl

A fairly lively opening at The Reebok, but the home fans remain quiet

El Hadji Diouf does well out wide and pulls it back, the ball eventually dropping for Ivan Campo but he volleys over

Gabriel Agbonlahor wins an early free-kick but Shaun Maloney's effort is off-target - a decent strike though

It's the Villa fans making the early noise with apparently not much support for Gary Megson from the home faithful

The game gets underway

Both managers made four changes to their sides for the clash at The Reebok in what is Gary Megson's first game in charge of Bolton.