Newport County V Accrington Stanley at Rodney Parade : Match Preview

26 March 2016 18:34
Newport County V Accrington Stanley - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.


Newport could be without Andrew Hughes for Accrington clash

Newport could be without defender Andrew Hughes for the visit of Sky Bet League Two promotion chasers Accrington.

Hughes hobbled off during the second half of the 1-0 defeat to Northampton on Good Friday and is unlikely to recover in time.

So County are hopeful that Darren Jones, who missed the trip to the runaway leaders, is fit enough to reclaim his place in the centre of defence alongside Janoi Donacien.

Yan Klukowski is in contention to return to the starting line-up, but loan signing Souleymane Coulibaly must wait for his debut unless the Exiles receive out-of-hours international clearance for him over the Easter weekend.

New loan signings Andy Little and Tariqe Fosu will hope to make their debuts for Accrington.

The two signed prior to Friday's win over Leyton Orient but John Coleman named an unchanged starting XI in that game and while Fosu was on the bench, he did not get on.

Shay McCartan is in the Northern Ireland Under-21s squad for their game with Scotland on Tuesday, though, so the likes of Little and Rangers-bound Josh Windass, fit again after a hernia problem, will come into consideration.

Dean Winnard (chest) is close to a comeback, but this fixture might come too soon, and Matt Crooks (ankle) and Adam Buxton (foot) are not too far off either.


Source: PAR