Gillingham v Harrogate preview and team news: Manager Neil Harris looks ahead to League 2 match at Priestfield on Saturday

Tuesday night’s EFL Trophy win has ‘got the Gills back on the right footing’ ahead of the weekend visit of Harrogate Town.

The Gills gained plenty from a match against Leyton Orient, in a competition that isn’t high on anyone’s priority list, with a team win and plenty of positive individual performances too.

The likes of Conor Masterson, who captained the midweek side, winger Connor Mahoney and striker Macauley Bonne, along with playmaker Jonny Williams, all impressed.

“Tuesday really helped,” said the Gills boss, ahead of their return to League 2 action.

“What we have to make sure is that we use the positive result and performance to galvanise and drag us forward, but we’ve done really well since January, a fantastic run.

“We had a bad week results wise (losing to Colchester and Grimsby), with Luton in the middle, which was a brilliant performance and a great night for the club.

“Tuesday certainly helped us to get back to a good footing within the building and fans can come here optimistic and excited about the weekend game.”

The Gills start the weekend third in the league and it’s set to be another busy day at Priestfield, with the Rainham End expected to sell out for the third game running.

Harris’ men beat League 1 Orient 2-1 in the EFL Trophy, a welcome boost after the weekend defeat at Grimsby.

“It was a really good game of football,” Harris said. “Both teams took it really seriously. Orient were very good, for 15 minutes in the first half before and when they scored they played really well, then we had large chunks of the game where we were excellent as well.

“I thought two teams played extremely well at times and shows the competition can be of value sometimes, sometimes it cannot, but the other night helped