Notts County are set to be without Brendan Moloney for their FA Cup third-round clash with Forest Green.
The right-back’s loan deal at Meadow Lane expires on Saturday and he is set to return to Nottingham Forest.
Executive chairman Peter Trembling has indicated his desire to keep the defender but he fears the 20-year-old has played his last game for the club.
Captain John Thompson returned for their 4-1 defeat of Burton Albion on Monday after suffering from illness that would have kept him out of the postponed Boxing Day match with Grimsby. He could deputise at right-back.
Defender Jamie Clapham is still missing with a knee injury but Johnnie Jackson is set to retain his place in midfield having returned to the starting XI against Burton after a month out with a knee injury.
Caretaker boss Dave Kevan told the club’s official website: “There is nothing new (injuries) from Monday’s game.
“We are reasonably healthy and in good spirits and are looking forward to the game.”
Forest Green will be without key midfielder Jonathan Smith.
Smith, who scored in the second round against Rochdale last season and then hit a great goal in the defeat to Derby in the following round, picked up a booking at Tamworth on Monday and is suspended for the tie.
Captain Paul Stonehouse or Jared Hodgkiss could take Smith’s place in central midfield.
Craig Rocastle and Oli Thorne are cup-tied while Mark Preece is awaiting the results of a scan on his knee.
If passed fit, Preece could take Thorne’s place in defence. Midfielder Curtis McDonald has a hip problem and is unlikely to be fit.
Despite the suspensions and fitness concerns, boss Dave Hockaday is optimistic about an upset.
“County are only a league above us and we’re capable of getting a result, so don’t write us off,” he told the Gazette.
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