Gillingham v Nottingham Forest

STRIKER Gary Mulligan has been named in the Gillingham side to face Nottingham Forest at Priestfield this afternoon after recovering from injury.

Mulligan resumed training this week and starts alongside Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu up front.

Midfielder Andrew Crofts makes an immediate return to the starting line-up after missing the defeat at Crewe due to being away with Wales. He comes in for the injured Alan Pouton.

Teenage central defender Luke Howell has been handed a place on the bench, along with Danny Jackman and three strikers - Dean McDonald, Bas Savage and Frannie Collin.

Gillingham Flinders, Jupp, Cox, Johnson, Easton, Bentley, Crofts, Flynn, Jarvis, Ndumbu-Nsungu, Mulligan
Subs: Jackman, Howell, McDonald, Savage, Collin.