Lincoln manager Peter Jackson is preparing to give youth a chance ahead of his side's League Two dead-rubber with Aldershot.

With both sides marooned in mid-table, Jackson is taking the opportunity to assess some of his young players as he looks to shape his squad ahead of next season.

Teenage striker Nathan Adams is to be handed his first league start in the absence of fellow academy graduate Andrew Hutchinson who has medial ligament damage, while 18-year-old left-back Luca Coleman-Carr has also been promoted to the first-team squad with a view to being involved.

"I've been looking to try out the younger players and I'm really pleased with their progress," Jackson told PA Sport.

Leading scorer Adrian Patulea misses out for the Imps with a hamstring injury, a similar problem rules out Lenell John-Lewis and Paul Green is struggling with a suspected hernia.