Jai Rowe, Tom Pugh and Devarn Green could come in for Myles Hippolyte, Alex Perry and Jake Scrimshaw. Dan Gallimore has come back after a sore thigh. On key striker Ryan Loft, Cox said: "We saw a specialist on Wednesday regarding Lofty and are going to need a second opinion, just to work on the timescale, and that will hopefully be next week. He's been doing running on the training ground though." Key destroyer Alex Kenyon (hamstring) is getting closer to contention, while on-loan goalkeeper Tom Billson is set to miss another three weeks with a knee injury. Devante Rodney serves the second of a three-match ban for violent conduct. Veteran centre-back Leon Legge will be out for another two months, so Nathan Smith could start in the middle of the back-three. Brad Walker is a doubt, so Tom Conlon, Tom Pett and Ben Garrity could be Vale's midfield trio.