Preview: Gillingham take on Accrington Stanley on Saturday in League 2 and there’s praise for their manager John Coleman from Gills assistant coach Robbie Stockdale

Gillingham will hope to make it three league wins in a row on Saturday and face a team that have had it tough this week.

While the Gills enjoyed a week on the training ground, weekend hosts Accrington named their strongest team available to play League 1 Bolton Wanderers in the third round of the EFL Trophy.

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Accrington lost Wednesday night’s match 3-1 at home and will have to regroup quickly ahead of Gillingham’s visit to the Wham Stadium.

Gillingham assistant coach Robbie Stockdale said: “Confidence is high because that is what winning does to you.

“We know it is a very difficult game, Accrington is never easy. They have very experienced staff, players that know the levels really well. I went there with MK Dons last year (as assistant head coach) and it was a tough game.

“John Coleman and his staff will no doubt be well organised as they always are but they played (on Wednesday night) and hopefully we can take advantage of that, with us having a free week.

“But we focus on ourselves, how we can hurt the opposition and try and nullify their threats as well.

“It’s always about what we do, let’s go and attack them, let’s go and see if teams can live with us. I am not a great believer of matching the opposition, let’s see if we can raise above that and see if they can match us.

“We are relatively equal in the league at the moment and we need to make sure that we try and get all three points and go above them.”

The Gills are 11th in the table, one below their weekend hosts, both on the same points.

League 2 table

While the Gills are underachieving - promotion is the aim this season - Accrington are managing to challenge for the play-offs themselves with less resources under a