Millwall v MK Dons

Dons manager Roberto Di Matteo has hinted that Luke Chadwick could make his debut at Millwall on Saturday, as the men from MK prepare to face League 1's form team.

Chadwick joined the Dons on a three-month loan from Norwich this week, boosting Di Matteo's midfield options and adding valuable experience to the squad.

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And Di Matteo says he has high expectations of the former Manchester United winger.

He said: "Luke has got a great length of experience having played in higher leagues. He's got good quality on the ball and I'm expecting a lot from him.

"It gives us options also, we have a small squad in terms of numbers so we're going to need some more quality players to get us through the next two or three months where there are many games.

"He can play across the midfield, I'm very clear where I'm going to play him and you'll find out on Saturday!"

The Dons boss also confirmed that goalkeeper Willy Gueret remains a big doubt for the game after suffering a thigh injury in last week's defeat to Peterborough.

The Frenchman will have a late fitness test to see if he can face his old club, with Nathan Abbey on standby to replace him.

Di Matteo said: "Willy has not fully trained this week so we'll have to make a decision on him on Friday or Saturday morning.

"Nathan is fit to replace him if we need him to."

The Dons face a Millwall side that has won each of its last five games in League 1 - an achievement which saw boss Kenny Jackett pick up September's Manager of the Month award.

Jackett may turn to former Dons trialist Gifton Noel-Williams in attack with Jermaine Easter and Tresor Kandol suspended and Neil Harris injured.

But while Di Matteo admits his team will have their hands full, they still firmly believe they can come away with something.

He said: "They're a good team in good form so it will be a tough challenge for us. But we don't have to fear anyone, we have a good team ourselves so we'll go out there confident we can get a result.

"On the day it's 11 versus 11, it's not about just one player. Jermaine Easter would obviously have been a big threat for them but he's not the only one.

"They're very solid as a team with two good centre halves so it's going to be interesting."

Dons striker Aaron Wilbraham will miss the game with an ankle ligament injury picked up against the Posh, but Florian Sturm is back in full training after a groin strain and could feature.


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