JOE Edwards has made four changes for Millwall’s FA Cup third-round clash against Leicester City after injuries took their toll this week.
Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Shaun Hutchinson and Murray Wallace were all ruled out with injury on Thursday, joining Casper De Norre on the sidelines. The suspended George Saville is also unavailable while Aidomo Emakhu picked up a knock in training which has seen him miss out on the matchday squad.
Coming in are Wes Harding, who has returned after his knock kept him out the last two games, Danny McNamara, Kevin Nisbet and Joe Bryan.
It is McNamara’s first start in 11 games since the 1-0 loss against Southampton in November.
The absences has given a chance for plenty of youngsters to make the bench including Niino Adom-Malaki, Sha’mar Lawson, Kamarl Grant and George Walker.
Meanwhile, Enzo Maresca has made seven changes to his Leicester side.
In come Conor Coady, Ben Nelson, Callum Doyle, Hamza Choudhary, Marc Albrighton, Wanya Marcal and goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk.
Several senior players have dropped to the bench while Jamie Vardy, Kasey McAteer, Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho are out injured and Patson Daka has gone to the African Cup of Nations.
Millwall have fallen out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle in the last two seasons, losing at home to Sheffield United last year and Crystal Palace the year before.
Leicester striker Thomas Cannon, 21, will be looking to build on his brace last week against Huddersfield, his first goals for the Foxes.
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Millwall: 3-4-3: Sarkic; Leonard, Harding, Cooper (c); McNamara, Mitchell, Honeyman, Bryan; Watmore, Flemming, Nisbet.
Substitutes: Trueman, Esse, Longman, Bradshaw, Campbell, Adom-Malaki, Lawson, Grant, Walker.
Leicester: 4-2-3-1: Stolarczyk; Pereira (c), Coady, Doyle, Choudhury; Casadei, Marcal; Albrighton, Akgun, Marcal; Cannon.
Substitutes: Ward, Faes, Vestergaard, Justin, Winks, Dewsbury-Hall, Fatawu, Mavididi, Maswanhise.