Gillingham play Millwall at Priestfield in a pre-season friendly – manager Gareth Ainsworth looks ahead to the game and hopes Will Goodwin and Ronan Hale will be fit to feature

Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth is expecting the challenge to be upped a level tonight.

The Gills competed well at the weekend against Championship side Charlton Athletic but next up are a team who narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League last season.

Millwall lost out to Hull City in the Championship play-offs two months ago and are the visitors to Priestfield for the 7pm kick-off.

Ainsworth said: “Millwall are going to be an even sterner test than Charlton.

“They almost got into the Premier League. Alex Neil is a really good manager. I've played against and managed against him a lot.

“I know what we're going to get. We'll get another stern test.

“Their boys are going to be fit. We're going to be out of possession. We know in certain games in League 2, we'll be out of possession. But in certain games, it'll be like the Dover game where we have the ball and we can manipulate it.

“It's not always easy keeping the ball against these Championship sides. They're there for a reason. That'll be a tough test.

“But I'm sure the fans will turn up and, again, get behind some of these young boys that are coming through and some of these new signings that they're having a look at.”

Strikers Will Goodwin and Ronan Hale could be back after sitting out the weekend clash.

Ainsworth said: “There’s a big chance of them [playing] on Tuesday night. I'm not going to risk players at the moment.

“We've got a behind-closed-doors game, a couple of games coming up, and the Ebbsfleet one. We'll be full cylinders by then, hopefully.

“Then even the Luton game in the Carabao Cup. I want to win it, but also it's another opportunity for people to get match minutes.

“The league's the big one [on August 8]. I would love a cup run, but