Please note, in line with the current EFL COVID-19 guidelines, no spectators are permitted at these games.
SCENE-SETTER
Both teams come into the game on the back of 1-0 wins on the opening day of the season last weekend. The Iron won 1-0 at home to Doncaster Rovers, who won the league in 2019-20, while the Mariners beat Lincoln City away from home last time out.
Both teams are joint third going into the game, with Mansfield Town also registering a 1-0 win last weekend. Notts County top the division after one round of fixtures following their superior goal difference
TEAM NEWS
The Iron's Under-18s have a smaller squad this season and welcomed Under-15s player Harvey Cribb and Under-16s goalkeeper Owen Foster into the squad last weekend to name four substitutes.
Jake Balme was in between the sticks last weekend, keeping a clean sheet, in the absence of Ben Crosher who is expected to sit out for around 10 days through injury.
The other absentee is first-year Ben Franklin who is expected to be out for six-to-eight weeks with an ankle ligament injury.
LAST TIME OUT
IRON: Balme, Baker, Dawson, Gallimore, Kemp, Lewis, Virgo, Wilkinson, Wilson (Moore-Billlam, 82), Young, Moore.
IRON UNUSED SUBS: Foster, Lobley, Cribb.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Bradford City 0-1 Mansfield Town
Burton Albion 1-2 Rotherham United
Huddersfield Town 0-2 Notts County
Lincoln City 0-1 Grimsby Town
ELSEWHERE IN THE YOUTH ALLIANCE LEAGUE NORTH EAST CONFERENCE
Doncaster Rovers v Lincoln City (11am)
Mansfield Town v Huddersfield Town (11am)
Notts County v Burton Albion (11am)
Rotherham United v Bradford City (11am)
