Town have made one enforced change for this afternoon’s game at Cheltenham with Marcus Harness coming in for Nathan Broadhead, who suffered a knock to the ankle he twisted at Derby during Friday’s 4-0 home win against Wycombe Wanderers.

The Blues, who last won at Cheltenham in 1938, are otherwise unchanged as they look to equal an EFL record of nine wins in a row without conceding previously only achieved by Stockport in 2006/07.

Town, who have kept nine clean sheets in a row, will also be out to match the 1981/82 side’s club record of nine victories on the bounce in all competitions and create a new club record of nine successive wins in the league.

The Robins make three changes from the team which lost 2-0 at Lincoln on Friday with Lewis Freestone, Will Goodwin and Elliot Bonds coming into the team for Caleb Taylor, Aidan Keena and Glen Rea, who all drop to the bench alongside one-time Blues youngster Charlie Brown.

Cheltenham: Southwood, Long (c), Bradbury, Freestone, Broom, Sercombe, Bonds, Williams, Olayinka, May, Goodwin. Subs: MacDonald, Taylor, Ferry, Keena, Perry, Rea, Brown.

Town: Walton, Clarke, Woolfenden, Burgess, Burns, Morsy (c), Luongo, Davis, Chaplin, Harness, Hirst. Subs: Hladky, Donacien, Ball, Humphreys, Edwards, Jackson, Ladapo. Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge (Tyne and Wear).

Photo: Matchday Images

Nomore4 added 14:34 - Apr 10 Harness starts for any other team in this league week in week out
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19781981twtd added 14:41 - Apr 10 Broardhead will be missed but squad strength should see us through this one ,a nervy 1.0 or 2.1 win to us?.
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TimmyH added 14:46 - Apr 10 Had a feeling Harness was going to start today...been a bit underwhelming this year, when was the last time he scored? should have enough to win this but a bit of weather out there, hope it's not as blowy and rainy as it is here which could level things up a bit.
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Linkboy13 added 16:09 - Apr 10 Harness continuing his disappointing form by fluffing a good chance in the first half. He tends to buzz around with out really creating much a decent player but a bit one dimensional. Hope he proves me wrong though with a goal.
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TimmyH added 16:12 - Apr 10 Agree Linkboy - try telling some others, rightfully a more attacking threat now with Harness subbed for Edwards.
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Marinersnose added 17:13 - Apr 10 Harness is a good league one player imo but Broadhead is a Champioship player at least and is a massive upgrade imo. Big loss to the team
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