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City embark on the FA Cup trail on Saturday with non-League AFC Telford United standing between them and a place in the Second Round.

Manager Chris Sutton will be forced to make changes to his squad for the trip to Shropshire with defenders Eric Lichaj, Nathan Baker and Adam Watts all unable to feature due to clauses in their respective loan deals.

Whilst the aforementioned trio will be missing, midfielder Stefan Oakes returns to the squad having been forced to miss to the match at Morecambe last Saturday due to a hamstring strain but long-term casualties Paul Green and Paul Connor remain on the sidelines.

Telford will be hoping that top scorer Andy Brown shakes off a rib injury which he sustained in their 1-0 win at Solihull on Tuesday but one player who won't feature is suspended midfielder Gavin Hurren. His likely replacement Carl Rodgers, meanwhile, has a foot injury and is only rated 50-50.

Kick-off at the New Bucks Head Stadium is 3.00pm with Graham Scott being the man in the middle.

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