Top scorer Kallum Hannah will join Tom Coulthard in returning to the starting line-up as Stockton Town bid to move three points closer to winning the Wearside League title with a win at Whitehaven.
Hannah and Coulthard missed Town’s midweek trip to Harton and Westoe, but Michael Dunwell’s side still emerged victorious with first half goals from Chris Stockton and Macauley Longstaff sealing a 2-0 win.
Stockton gave the visitors the lead with a sixth minute penalty after Matty Garbutt was brought down inside the Harton area.
Longstaff pounced on a loose ball to double the lead with a volley at the end of the first half, and the victory means Town now need to win five of their remaining 10 games to retain the title.
Town have a plus-100 goal difference and have kept 26 clean sheets in 39 matches after doing their 10th double of the season.
Sixth-placed Redcar Athletic are at the opposite end of the form spectrum to Stockton Town having taken just one point from their last five games.
And with suspensions biting it looks like being a tall order to break that cycle tomorrow at home to a Horden side in third.
Redcar defenders Lee Blackburn and Jamie Lee and winger Sam Webster all miss out through bans.
Robbie Farrier and Chris Bivens are favourites to step in at the back if fit and available, while Joe Blackburn and Adam Hartnett are the options for replacing Webster.
Wolviston play their third home game on the trot when they entertain Silksworth CW hoping to keep their mini unbeaten run going.
Missing for the home side are stand-in goalkeeper Jon McLone and midfielder Christian Selby, but utility player Nathan Summersgill, defender Dwaine Brown and goalkeeper Ryan Hodgson all return.
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