Gary Megson says Bolton's Kevin Davies will travel with the team to Middlesbrough despite being suspended for the Premier League clash.Davies scored the winning goal in Wanderers' 1-0 home victory over West Ham but collected a booking which resulted in a two-game ban.

Another three points on Saturday will lift Megson's men out of the relegation zone, with closest rivals Birmingham not in action until Sunday when they take on Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Davies may have scored just three times in the league this season but his work-rate and character marks him out as a key man in the Trotters camp.

"Davo will come with us anyway, but he will want to," Megson told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.

"Kevin Nolan and Jussi Jaaskleainen are the same. They travel even when they are not playing.

"They are influential people, well thought of, and they have a role to play regardless of whether they are on the field of play."

Megson could call upon Poland international Grzegorz Rasiak to lead the line in place of Davies at the Riverside Stadium. The 29-year-old, who has made five substitute appearances since joining on loan from Southampton, was an unused substitute against the Hammers.

Heidar Helguson, who started in the 4-0 defeat at Aston Villa, could be another option. El-Hadji Diouf, who like Davies has three league goals to his name in 2007/8, will almost certainly start.

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