Clive Platt will miss today’s home league game against Yeovil Town due to suspension.

Platt has a three match ban after being sent of in injury time in the Carling Cup defeat against Leyton Orient this week so will also miss this Tuesday's home game against Gillingham and the away match at MK Dons next Saturday.

Also missing today will be long term injury victims Steven Gillespie (hamstring), Paul Reid (knee) and Jamie Guy (knee).

With three strikers out, it's likely that Paul Lambert will choose to start Scott Vernon upfront with Kevin Lisbie, with Joel Thomas and Russell Malton starting on the bench.

Lambert has named at 20-man pre-match squad, of which two will miss out: Williams, Cousins, Maybury, Beevers, Okuonghae, Baldwin, Tierney, Holt, Vincent, Hammond, Izzet, Perkins, Wordsworth, Fox, Hackney, Corcoran, Thomas, Lisbie, Vernon, Malton.

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