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The Bulls will select from the same squad as Saturday's victory at Dagenham, with Stacy Coldicott and Wayne Brown still injured and Darren Blewitt only just returning to full training after three weeks on the sidelines. Graham Turner has always treated the LDV Trophy with respect so is unlikely to make wholesale changes, but both Simon Travis and Adam Stansfield will look to make the bench and prove their fitness ahead of the crunch league match against Exeter.
It would be easier to list the players that are available for Port Vale with eleven first teamers likely to be missing. They will be missing long term injury victims Robin Hulbert and Michael Cummings with neither of them expected to be fit before Christmas. George Abbey, Michael Walsh, and Lee Matthews also remain sidelined. Hector Sam played an hour of a reserve match last week for his first game back after a broken leg but is unlikely to play. Gary Mulligan and Danny Sonner missed the weekend game with knocks and may face late fitness tests, and Mickey Bell limped out of Saturday's game and is doubtful. Manager Martin Foyle will be without loan stars Leon Constantine and Clayton Fortune as both are Cup-tied, but will have three other loan signings in the squad with ex-Bull Michael Husbands likely to start. In one of the few bits of good news for Foyle, Chris Birchall returns to the squad after helping Trinidad and Tobago qualify for the World Cup.
Match Odds (bet365): Hereford 6/4, Draw 5/2, Port Vale 11/8.
