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Cheltenham v Mansfield preview

Cheltenham Town's Danny Wright celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game during the Emirates FA Cup, Second Round match at Gander Green Lane, Lo
Image: Danny Wright (arms aloft): Set to start for Cheltenham

Cheltenham manager Gary Johnson is expected to retain much of the team that defeated Carlisle 1-0 on Tuesday for the visit of Mansfield.

However, Danny Wright is likely to come into his starting XI. He was already pushing for a recall, and came off the bench to score the game's winning goal.

Dan Holman came on at the same time as Wright and could also start should Johnson wish to make a further change.

The manager otherwise has a near-fully-fit squad from which to choose.

Kyle Howkins comes back into contention for Mansfield as they look to maintain their play-off challenge.

The on-loan West Brom defender suffered an injury scare last week but has since played for his parent club in a development match and will be in the Stags' squad.

Fellow centre-half George Taft has resumed training after injury and is also close to being available again.

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Strikers Danny Rose (hamstring) and Matt Green (groin) both missed the goalless stalemate at Yeovil on Tuesday night and they will be assessed.