Town set to welcome back some absentees for Saturday's visit to Worthing, says McGrath

Halifax were without seven players at the weekend, including Zak Gilsenan, who came off the bench, with Conor Carty, Will Flint, Raheem Conte, David Kawa, Owen Bray and Mackenzie Maltby all missing.

But while not all those players will be available on Saturday, the absentee list is set to be reduced.

Gilsenan is in line for a return to the starting 11, while Carty. who missed the draw with Sutton due to a back problem, is expected to return to the squad.

"Zak will be back 100 per cent. He played 15, 20 minutes on Saturday and I thought he was excellent," McGrath said.

"We're just monitoring Conor but hopefully that gets sorted this week."

Centre-back Will Flint missed a league game for the first time this season on Saturday, but should also return.

"That was precautionary. He felt his groin and we felt it was better for him to miss one game than four or five," said McGrath.

Owen Bray was set to return to training this week after illness, but Saturday's game at Worthing may come too soon for Kawa and Maltby.

"He rolled his ankle at Aldershot so he's been out a few weeks now, so this week's going to be really important for him," said McGrath on Kawa.

Maltby warmed-up on The Shay pitch prior to the draw with Sutton.

"Great to see, he's back on the grass with us getting his straight line running in and he's had no reaction from his knee, so fingers crossed he's back soon," McGrath said.

New signing Tristan Gill is set to start at Worthing if fellow left-back Raheem Conte's quad injury rules him out, with Deniche Hill away on international duty with Bermuda.

Conte has had a scan and Town were waiting for the results before making an assessment.