Cherries selection Bournemouth are sweating on the fitness of midfielder Wes Fogden ahead of their clash with Exeter.
Fogden has not trained all week after suffering an ankle injury during the 1-0 defeat at Chesterfield last Friday and is rated 50-50.
However, manager Lee Bradbury will be able to call on new signings Matt Tubbs and Donal McDermott, who joined the Cherries this week, while winger Scott Malone is available after making a full recovery from a hamstring tear.
Bradbury will be missing captain Adam Barrett, who has been ruled out for two months with a hamstring problem, while Mathieu Baudry (hamstring), Joe Partington, Shaun Cooper, Mark Molesley and Nathan Byrne (ankle) are still short of match fitness.
Striker Charlie Sheringham will miss the rest of the season with a foot injury, while goalkeeper Shwan Jalal has been sidelined after undergoing a routine back operation.
Dan Thomas has been recalled from his loan spell at AFC Totton and could feature on the bench as back-up to Darryl Flahavan.
Luke O'Brien is set for his Exeter debut. The full-back arrived at St James' Park from Bradford on transfer deadline day and could slot straight into the Grecians' starting XI following the sale of Scott Golbourne to Barnsley.
O'Brien will compete with Billy Jones for the left-back position at Dean Court, and manager Paul Tisdale otherwise has a fully-fit squad at his disposal.
After extending his loan from Reading by a further month, Jake Taylor is set to start in attack, while Liam Sercombe has recovered from injury.
Midfielder Sercombe could come back into the side in place of Scot Bennett, as Exeter go to Dorset chasing their first victory - and their first goal - in four League One matches.
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Source: PA
