Dino Maamria believes Burton Albion will face a potentially better team in the form of Sheffield Wednesday this weekend following their loss to Bolton Wanderers.
Dapo Afolayan and Aaron Morley both saw efforts go off target in the early stages as Wanderers started brightly. But the Whites were unable to carve out many clear cut opportunities in a frustrating first half they had much of the ball for against a Burton side which struggled to create much.
After the break, despite Wanderers continuing to dominate but creating few opportunities to speak of, the visitors took the lead. Sam Hughes headed home off the far post from Terry Taylor's corner.
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Amadou Bakayoko struck as full-time approached to level for the hosts past Ben Garratt. Kieran Lee hit the post in stoppage time and Conor Bradley had an effort saved, but Bodvarsson fired home through a crowded penalty area after the Brewers failed to clear a corner and hand Wanderers a huge three points which sees the Whites now fifth in the table.
For the Brewers, they now sit 23rd in League One and three points from safety. They are on the road again this Saturday when they travel to Hillsborough to take on the Owls, who host Bristol Rovers this evening.
And he believes his side have showed they can deal with big grounds and atmosphere after going so close to picking something up at the University of Bolton Stadium. Maamria believes the Owls are potentially a better team than Wanderers are and shows they can cope with it, despite hurting after the late loss at the University of Bolton Stadium.
He said: "We have showed it. It'll be a similar game, similar atmosphere, although Sheffield Wednesday are maybe a better team. We went to Sheffield Wednesday in the Papa John's Trophy and we had a good performance, a good win. I'm sure the team will change, the league is different.
"When you go to these places, you have to be brave, you have to play football and not just defend. You have to find solutions to hurt them as well. You have to manage the environment, the only thing we can't manage is the official. When you go to big stadiums with big crowds, you need strong officials. We didn't get that tonight, but hopefully we get it Saturday.
"It hurts. It hurts me more than anybody, and it hurts the players. Our fans were fantastic tonight, they came in numbers on a Tuesday night to Bolton and they sang throughout the game, and I'm really gutted for them because it would've been fantastic to share those three points with them. We'll learn from it and we'll come back stronger.
"We're good, we've been really good overall. We've had a couple of losses which have really hurt us, but listen - Burton Albion will always be in the game. We fight, we play good football, we create chances, we're on the front foot - that's where we are at right now.
"Anybody who plays Burton Albion now will think they're in a game. We've got to fight and scrap for every inch, and we'll be fine."
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