League One - Team news: Skiverton returns

Eurosport - Fri, 21 Mar 15:14:00 2008

Team news ahead of Good Friday's League One fixtures, with three of the top four in action.

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Yeovil v Doncaster [15:00]

Yeovil are set to be boosted by the return of talismanic skipper Terry Skiverton (pictured) for their home game against Doncaster Rovers. The central defender is fit again after a virus that ruled him out of the 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth.

Skiverton's place at Dean Court went to Terrell Forbes, recalled after a back injury, with Scott Guyett switching back to a central role after covering for Lee Peltier at right-back. Defender Mark Lynch (hamstring) is set to be sidelined along with midfielder Matt Rose (tonsilitis).

Young midfielder Stephen Maher is back in contention after completing a three-match suspension.

Rovers defender James O'Connor could return having been sidelined for a month after a hernia operation.

Mark Wilson hopes to shake off a groin injury and Richie Wellens (adductor), Paul Green (hamstring) and Martin Woods (back from loan) should be available.

Doncaster are second in League One, nine points behind Swansea and nine ahead of fourth-placed Nottingham Forest, who along with third-placed Carlisle, have a game in hand over Rovers.

Northampton v Nottingham Forest [19:45]

Northampton boss Stuart Gray is set to name an unchanged side as that which beat leaders Swansea 4-2 at the weekend.

Mark Hughes sits out the final game of his two-match suspension, while Adebayo Akinfenwa and Poul Hubertz will continue their partnership in attack.

Northampton are in mid-table but have a chance of making the play-offs, only two points behind seventh-placed Walsall.

Forest winger Kris Commons will return for the trip to Sixfields after missing the last three games with a groin injury.

Utility-man James Perch is in contention after being forced off in the second half of Saturday's fourth consecutive draw with Walsall with a stomach bug.

Ian Breckin, who signed a new deal at the City Ground this week, will return to the side if Calderwood opts for the three-man defence preferred in away games against his former employers. But the Reds will again be without Welsh winger Arron Davies (hamstring) as they bid to keep their fading League One automatic promotion hopes alive.

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