Armani Little and Tim Dieng are back from injury for Gillingham as they prepare to face AFC Wimbledon next in League 2

Gillingham midfielder Armani Little has made a timely return from injury - and could be back in the starting eleven to face his old team tonight.

The 27-year-old came off the bench at Colchester on Boxing Day to mark the end of a lengthy spell on the sidelines through injury, missing from action since limping off in the home game against Port Vale in early November.

Next up for the Gills is a match against Wimbledon tonight, Little’s former team who he left in the summer for a move to Priestfield.

Gills manager Mark Bonner is sure to make changes to a team that struggled against Colchester on Boxing Day - losing 2-0 - and Little is likely to be a safe option to help get the team back on track, if fit.

Tim Dieng also made a return from injury on Boxing Day - playing for the first time since November 23.

Bonner said: “They (Little and Dieng) ended up doing maybe longer than they were ready for at the moment, on quite a heavy surface. They will benefit from that maybe down the line.

“But in the end, it's today that we needed to be good. It's today that we needed to hit the level. It's today that we needed to keep stacking results together. We talk about that all the time.

“It’s a really tough game next that we've got away from home against another good side but if we show and give the level that we are capable of, then we can go and get a result there.

“But at the same time, we know for every MK Dons, Notts County, Carlisle, Tranmere, Barrow, there's Bromley and Colchester as well.

“That's where the difference between our good and our bad is way too big and that's a sure sign of a season that will just drift along and be a fairly average one, in line with the last few. We need to be better than that.”

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