Chester City vs Luton Town - Positive points?

There are unlikely to be any major changes for Luton, although there could be a debut for new signing Ian Henderson. Henderson, who is 24 later on in January, signed for Luton today, although the move had been announced earlier in the week, and the former Norwich and Northampton player could be in line for a start, either on the wing or up front. Henderson played 26 times for Northampton, his last club, scoring no goals, although the last striker we signed from Northampton with a mediocre goalscoring record didn't turn out too badly. Elsewhere, the squad is likely to be unchanged from the squad that saw Lincoln defeated 3-2 on Sunday, although Asa Hall and Ed Asafu-Adjaye both missed the win because of flu, and may make a comeback.  With Kevin Gallen's loan expiring this week, he wasn't expected to play tomorrow, but apparently his loan has been extended by ten days, and his future after that could depend on whether he can agree a release with Franchise chairman Peter Wankleman. Ian Roper may miss out though, as he is the subject of interest from Man City. City have tabled a £10 million bid for the central defender (plus Wright-Phillips), but Harford is said to be holding out for an extra £5million. If City come up with the goods then Roper could be off, although there is also interest from Barcelona and Inter Milan.

For Mark Wright's Chester team, Damien Mozika returns from suspension. The French midfielder was forced to miss the defeat to nearby Macclesfield Town after picking up five yellow cards, and is likely to come into the side in place of Anthony Barry. Other than that, there aren't likely to be too many changes. Paul Butler and Steven Vaughan's injuries limits the defensive options Mark Wright has. Chester are currently 18th in League Two, and would be in 21st place had it not been for the points deductions. The club have accumulated 23 points so far this season, six less than the Hatters have managed. Their current manager is Mark Wright, who took over in November after the sacking of former Luton midfielder Simon Davies. The Welshman is now back at Chester as a youth team coach.

Luton's last meeting at Chester came in January 1977 in the FA Cup, and on that occasion Luton slipped to a 1-0 defeat, which is their only defeat against City. The last time the two sides met was earlier this season in a 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road. Asa Hall gave Luton the lead in the first half after good work from Claude Gnakpa, but with 13 minutes left, Paul McManus equalised for City. Kevin Roberts was sent off late on for the visitors, but they held on for a point. Tomorrow will see the first visit of Luton to the Deva Stadium, as this is the first away match Luton are due to visit Chester since the club moved from Sealand Road in 1990.

There are some doubts about whether the game will go ahead on Saturday, owing to the prediction of cold weather overnight. I don't know whether the relatively new Deva Stadium has undersoil heating, so make sure you keep an eye on things if you are planning to make the trip. If you are planning to go, the Deva Stadium is officially known as the Cestrian Trading Stadium (apparently), and is in Wales, despite the town being English. The only parts of the ground that are in England are the gates and about 15 parking spaces, so if you want to park in England, you'd better leave early to be certain of a space.