Gillingham v Aston Villa
Gillingham have a defensive crisis with Barry Fuller and Garry Richards both suspended while on-loan Tottenham defender Leigh Mills has returned to his parent club to leave manager Mark Stimson with just two senior defenders available.
Midfielder Mark Bentley – who sat out the 1-1 draw with Wycombe on Sunday due to a one-match ban – is likely to deputise at the heart of defence while Stuart Lewis is set to continue at right-back with Nicky Southall is cup-tied.
Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill is set to field his strongest available side although skipper Martin Laursen (knee) will again be absent along with Carlos Cuellar (hamstring) and John Carew (back).
Gareth Barry, Ashley Young and Stiliyan Petrov are all one yellow card away from suspension and a booking at the Priestfield Stadium would rule them out of the derby with West Brom.
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