Tom Hopper replaces Lee Novak in the starting eleven, after he came off with cramp during the 2-0 win over Portsmouth at the weekend.
Andrew Crofts also returns to the substitutes' bench after an ankle injury kept him out for a fortnight.
TEAM LINE-UPS
Gillingham: Holy, O'Neill, Lacey, Ehmer, Zakuani, Hessenthaler, Ogilvie, Nugent, List, Clare, Byrne.
Substitutes: Arnold, Parker, Oldaker, Simpson, Cundle, Nash, Starkey.
Scunthorpe United: Gilks, Clarke, Wallace, Ojo, Madden, Morris, Bishop, Hopper, Holmes, McArdle, Butroid.
Substitutes: Watson, Crofts, Mantom, van Veen, Adelakun, Novak, Burgess.