Matt Preston and Hayden White pressing for Mansfield returns against Carlisle

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2018 by PA

Mansfield defenders Matt Preston and Hayden White could return to contention for the home game against Carlisle.

Preston has not featured since sustaining concussion during the draw at Yeovil earlier this month, but is hoping to return to full training after having a head scan this week.

White will also be assessed by Stags boss David Flitcroft after missing the previous two games due to a hamstring injury.

Will Atkinson and Calum Butcher are both hoping to retain their starting places after returning for the midweek Carabao Cup defeat at West Brom.

Carlisle goalkeeper Adam Collin is set to make his second full debut for the club following Joe Fryer’s double leg break.

Fryer fractured both his tibia and fibula in last week’s home win against Crewe and was replaced by Collin, who returned to Brunton Park from Notts County in July.

The Cumbrians will also be without skipper Danny Grainger for two weeks, but the calf injury he sustained against Crewe is not as bad as first feared.

Macaulay Gillesphey is set to start in Grainger’s absence as John Sheridan’s side chase a fourth straight league win.