Bury vs Newport County AFC. Sky Bet League Two.
The Energy Check Stadium at Gigg LaneAttendance3,072.
Monday 22 October 2018 16:39, UK
Bury are set to be unchanged for the visit of Newport.
The Shakers moved into the Sky Bet League Two play-off positions with a 4-0 victory over Notts County on Saturday, extending their unbeaten run to six games.
Veteran striker Nicky Maynard and Dom Telford both scored when starting together for the first time, and the pair are set to spearhead the attack again. Defender Eoghan O'Connell could again fail to make the matchday squad with a hamstring problem.
Newport manager Michael Flynn hopes to have "two or three" back after his squad was decimated at Crawley. Flynn, who turned 38 last week and had not played since February 2017, was forced to put himself on the bench for the 4-1 weekend defeat as he was so short of players.
But Matty Dolan, Tyreeq Bakinson, Tyler Forbes and Keanu Marsh-Brown could all strengthen Flynn's selection hand. Andrew Crofts, Mark O'Brien and Robbie Willmott are likely to be missing again, while Fraser Franks is suspended after his red card at Crawley.
Bury have lost just one of their last eight home league games against Newport in the top four tiers of English football (W4 D3), however that did come in their last such meeting in November 2014, a 1-3 defeat.
Newport's 3-1 win over Bury in November 2014 is their only win over the Shakers in their last six meetings in the Football League (D3 L2).
Bury have lost just one of their previous nine games in League Two (W5 D3), scoring 18 goals in this run (an average of two per game).
Newport suffered a 4-1 defeat against Crawley last time out, while they haven't lost back-to-back league games since February (a run of three defeats).
Bury striker Nicky Maynard has scored four goals and assisted another in his last three league matches for the Shakers.
