Stockport boss Jim Gannon is again expected to be missing a host of players for the visit of Accrington to Edgeley Park on Saturday.Centre-back Gareth Owen is likely to miss the next three weeks after picking up a hamstring injury at Notts County last weekend.

Youngster James Tunnicliffe is set to deputise after doing so in the midweek Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat against Grimsby.

Rob Clare, Ashley Williams and Matty McNeil remain sidelined through injury but Jim McNulty is eligible again after missing out in midweek.

County are bidding to bounce back from the Johnstone's Paint Trophy exit and extend their three-game winning streak in League Two.

They have been boosted this week after defender Michael Raynes signed a new contract to keep him at Edgeley Park until the summer of 2010.

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