In recent years Bolton manager Sam Allardyce has built a fantastic record against the north London side, particularly in home fixtures.

Bolton have won four of the last five matches against Arsenal on home turf, and the prize of a fifth round fixture this weekend against local rivals Blackburn awaits if they can inflict more of the same on Arsene Wenger's men.

A Kevin Nolan goal almost saw them win the first bout of this contest, but Kolo Toure equalised and the re-match is sure to be a lively encounter.

"It's a great game for us, but it is going to be tough," said Nolan. "I thought they (Arsenal) were fantastic down at the Emirates, but we can hopefully get our fans inside the Reebok to put a bit more pressure on them.

"We have won two Premiership games on the bounce and we are really looking forward to the game. We respect them because they are a fantastic football side, but we try to counter that.

"What people have to remember is that we have played two FA Cup games against Arsenal at the Reebok and we have won one each.

"Just because we have beaten them on so many occasions at the Reebok, we are not going to take it for granted that we are just going to turn up and win."

Bolton head into the game on the back of a 2-1 win over Fulham, but duo Ivan Campo and Abdelaye Faye have both been struggling with illness and are considered as doubts by the home side.

Arsenal, two points ahead of Bolton in fourth place in the Premiership, have concerns too.

Johan Djourou has broken his nose, while Cesc Fabregas has a knee problem. Alex Hleb (hamstring), Freddie Ljungberg (hamstring), Emmanuel Eboue (ankle), William Gallas (thigh) and Robin van Persie (foot) are already out.

At the weekend Arsenal came from behind to beat Wigan 2-1 and captain Thierry Henry believes they have a new fighting spirit within the squad which enables them to produce unlikely results.

"At the moment we are coming back into games when maybe we are not playing the best that we can play," said the France striker. "Trust me, we are not doing that on purpose, to be 1-0 down and I am sure there were people who thought that was the day we would first lose at the Emirates.

"We were joking about it at the end, saying we have to stop being 1-0 down. Like at Middlesbrough, we went up a gear when we had been 1-0 down (before drawing 1-1) and only playing with 10 men (after defender Philippe Senderos was sent-off)," explained Henry, who scored the equaliser at the Riverside earlier this month.

"Somehow we always manage to get back into it. This team is growing in that way because two years ago I remember being behind against some teams and we did not find the resources to come back into it."