Three players are set to make their first-team debuts for County this afternoon, with Ibou Touray, Nick Powell and Louie Barry all starting our opening day game against Gillingham.
Ibou, a summer signing from Salford City, captains the side on his debut, playing on the left of a back three alongside Fraser Horsfall and Kyle Knoyle.
Macauley Southam-Hales starts a league game for the first time since Boxing Day after recovering from injury – he plays on the right-hand side, with Ryan Rydel on the left.
Antoni Sarcevic and Callum Camps are in the middle of the park, with Barry, Powell and Tanto Olaofe forming a forward three.
Ryan Croasdale, Will Collar and Ollie Crankshaw miss out through injury, joining long-term absentees Kyle Wootton, Jack Stretton and Myles Hippolyte.
Two more new signings are on the bench in Jordan Smith and Jayden Richardson.
Line-up: Hinchliffe; Knoyle; Horsfall; Touray (C); Southam-Hales; Camps; Sarcevic; Rydel; Barry; Powell; Olaofe.
Subs: Smith; Wright; Byrne; Madden; Pye; Evans; Richardson.
