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Gonna be on Cheltenham after reading about Chester's woes for a few points.

From thisisgloucester:

Chester City boss Keith Curle may make extensive changes to his side for the match at Cheltenham Town tomorrow. Curle had four players suspended and a host of injuries as his side lost 2-1 to Rushden and Diamonds in Coca-Cola League Two on December 17.

Centre-back Dave Artell, striker Ryan Lowe, and full-backs Scott McNiven and Carl Regan will return from one-match bans, but Curle still has injury problems concerning strikers Michael Branch and Gregg Blundell, and centre-back Sean Hessey. Blundell, a £100,000 signing from Doncaster Rovers, is recovering from a haematoma and has not started a match since suffering a heavy clash of heads in a 3-2 defeat against Rochdale on October 7.

Branch and Hessey both have knee injuries and are unlikely to start the game.

Blundell and Branch were named on the bench against Rushden because Curle could not name five fit substitutes.

Chester have written to the Football League asking for permission to extend goalkeeper John Ruddy's emergency loan spell from Everton as they do not have a fit goalkeeper on their books.

Regular first-choice goalkeeper Chris MacKenzie and back-up Ryan Brookfield are both sidelined with injuries.

Curle is most likely to partner former Lincoln City striker Marcus Richardson with Lowe, who joined from Shrewsbury Town in March and has scored 12 goals in all competitions this season.

Right-back McNiven and left-back Regan will be in contention to return in place of Tom Curtis and former Yeovil Town defender Abdou El Kholti respectively.

Maltese international Luke Dimech and former Southport player Phil Bolland were the centre-backs against Rushden, although Artell is likely to return in place of his former Mansfield team-mate Dimech.

Central midfielder Ben Davies has six goals in all competitions this season and he is likely to partner former Liverpool trainee Stephen Vaughan.

Stewart Drummond can play on the right or in the centre of midfield and played against Cheltenham for Morecambe in the Conference.

Left-sided midfielder Craig Dove joined from Rushden and Diamonds in the summer.

Chester City: John Ruddy, Scott McNiven, Carl Regan, Dave Artell, Phil Bolland, Stewart Drummond, Stephen Vaughan, Ben Davies, Craig Dove, Marcus Richardson, Ryan Lowe, Luke Dimech, Abdou El Kholti, Tom Curtis, Sean Hessey, Michael Branch, Gregg Blundell, Paul Rutherford, Justin Walker, Ryan Brookfield.