Weather permitting, Gillingham will be looking to get back to winning ways away at Burton Albion this weekend.

Five defeats in their last six games has seen The Gills drop to tenth in League Two and with last weekend’s game with Hereford United postponed, Andy Hessenthaler’s side will be chomping at the bit to get a game.

If they’re going to seal all three points, they’ll have to do it without Jack Payne, Charlie Lee, Matt Fish and Simon King who are all injured.

Danny Kedwell and Gavin Tomlin have been rated as doubtful, but should be fit enough to play after overcoming the effects of a virus.

Youngster Jack Evans is expected to make his full league debut and start at right back with Lee, Fish and Barry Fuller all sidelined.

Danny Spiller has resumed training this week, but the Burton game may just come a little too soon for him with the game against Southend at Priestfield on Monday a possible place for the midfielder to return.

Paulo Gazzaniga will almost certainly get his chance to stake his claim as the club’s number one keeper after Ross Flitney’s poor display at Accrington a fortnight ago.

Therefore, The Gills could line up like this:

Gazzaniga, Evans, Lawrence, Frampton, Martin, Tomlin, Montrose, Weston, Jackman, Kuffour, Kedwell.

Subs: Flitney, Richards, Essam, Whelpdale, Oli.

Burton could have three players back in contention for the game.

The postponement of last weekend’s game at Swindon has given leading scorer Billy Kee, fellow striker Justin Richards and defender Tony James more time to recover from the injuries that have kept them on the sidelines recently.

Twelve-goal striker Kee, who rejected a move to npower League Two rivals Crawley at the end of last month, has missed the last four matches with a groin problem. James has missed the last two games due to a knee injury.

Both players have resumed training along with Richards and have a good chance of coming back into the reckoning.

Richards is the least likely of the trio to be involved but he could be included in the squad if the ankle he injured in the build-up to the Oxford game 12 days ago responds to treatment.

On-loan Swansea midfielder Lee Lucas and the versatile Aaron Webster are unavailable after suffering hamstring injuries at the end of last month, but former Derby defender Chris Riggott might be added to the squad after signing a deal until the end of the season.

There will be one familiar face amongst the Burton squad with former Gills midfielder Chris Palmer playing his football at the Pirelli Stadium.