Hello and welcome to our LIVE text commentary and scoring of Sunderland's Premier League clash with Bolton at the Stadium of Light, a 12.45pm kick-off that goes ahead despite the thick carpet of snow caking the UK today.

It's Asamoah Gyan who will strike... a poor low drive that hits the wall. Bolton break and Taylor is at the byline. He pulls the ball back for Kevin Davies whose shot is blocked and the rebound is hacked clear!

Sunderland come forward and Fabrice Muamba fells Danny Welbeck. Richardson might fancy a shot from here...

Matt Taylor pings the ball across the final third and Petrov strikes from distance... the low shot is an easy save for Criag Gordon.

Plenty of head tennis in the Sunderland area before the Black Cats clear.

Phil Bardsley roams infield and is dogged all the way by Petrov, but the Sunderland full-back keeps the ball before finding a team-mate.

Sunderland have their first sustained bout of possession, which ends with Kieran Richardson blazing a strike over from way out.

Johan Elmander twists and turns on the edge of the box before squaring a ball across the area which is easily intercepted.

Nice work from Martin Petrov as he skips inside from the right, but he can't play in a team-mate.

Bolton kick off and we're underway!

The players are coming out on to the pitch now. We'll be underway soon...

Only two Premier League games have survived. There is this one and Blackburn against West Ham United so enjoy your little taste of Premier League action. Unlike the snow, there is not a lot of it going around this afternoon. Hopefully, these two sides can keep us warm. A win for the visiting side would see them close to within five points of leaders Manchester United.

The referee is Chris Foy of Merseyside.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Taylor, Holden, Muamba, Petrov, Elmander, Kevin Davies. Subs: Bogdan, Steinsson, Klasnic, Moreno, Blake, Cohen, Lee.

Teams are coming in on this snowy day...Sunderland: Gordon, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Mensah, Bardsley, Henderson, Cattermole, Richardson, Welbeck, Gyan, Bent. Subs: Mignolet, Angeleri, Malbranque, Zenden, Elmohamady, Da Silva, Riveros.

FACTS: It is 15 games since Bolton last kept a Premier League clean sheet away from home

FACTS: Sunderland have drawn 49 matches on home soil in the Premier League era.

FACTS: Darren Bent scored four goals in the two games against Bolton last season and has nine in 10 Premier League games against the Trotters overall; Sunderland have lost just one of the last 18 matches at the Stadium of Light.

FACTS: Bolton have failed to score in their last three Premier League games against Sunderland and have only won one of their last seven Premier League away games.

Amazingly, both these sides can go fifth with a win here. That goes to show how far they have come, and how congested the Premier League is outside the top four.