Tom Adeyemi, Adam Webster, Luke Hyam, Grant Ward and Freddie Sears are all set to play for the Blues’ U23s when they face Millwall at Playford Road this afternoon (KO 1pm).
Adeyemi will be playing his first game having been out since October with hamstring and then calf injuries, while Webster, on the bench but unused during Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Wolves, is back after an achilles problem.
Ward, who came on as a late sub on Saturday, has just returned from a groin injury and Hyam is continuing his comeback from his lengthy spell out following a knee operation.
Having been unbeaten since mid-October, Gerard Nash’s side lost both last week’s Premier League Cup matches, 2-0 at home to Sheffield United last Monday and 2-1 at West Brom on Thursday.
The U23s are currently third in the Professional Development League Two South table.
U23s: Perntreou, McLoughlin, Kenlock, Hyam, Webster, Goteni, Morris, Ward, Drinan, Adeyemi, Sears. Subs: Webber, Wright, Folami, Downes, McKendry.
Millwall: Sandford, McNamara, Tiensia, Hanson, Debrah, Chesmain, Olaofe, Saunders-Henry, Brymora, Philpot, Sinclair. Subs: Duncan, Jackson, West, Skeffington, Alexander.