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Team news for Saturday's League One clash between Bristol Rovers and Brighton at the Memorial Stadium.

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Coles: Back in the frame for Pirates

Coles: Back in the frame for Pirates

Bristol Rovers manager Dave Penney has welcomed the return of Danny Coles and Chris Lines ahead of the visit of table-topping Brighton.

Defender Coles and midfielder Lines return to the Rovers side after completing suspensions that ruled them out of the 2-1 midweek defeat to MK Dons.

"That will strengthen us and freshen us up again," said Penney of the duo's return.

"Having new players in will give me the chance to rotate things, if I feel it's necessary."

Penney, though, is likely to be without central defender Dave McCracken and skipper Stuart Campbell as Rovers attempt to claw their way up the table and out of the relegation zone.

The pair were both forced off during the midweek home defeat with hamstring injuries, which Penney admitted was a "blow" after the game.

Radostin Kishishev could return to the Brighton squad for the trip to Bristol Rovers.

The Bulgarian midfielder has been sidelined for 10 days with a back problem but is expected to be back in training by the end of the week.

Defender Jim McNulty and midfielders Alan Navarro and Jamie Smith are the only definite absentees.

McNulty will not feature again this season after undergoing an ankle operation.

Navarro has been pencilled in for a return to full training later this month having been out since August with a ruptured cruciate ligament and Smith is a couple of months away with a broken metatarsal.

Craig Noone and Chris Wood are pushing for starts after dropping to the bench for Tuesday's goalless draw at Leyton Orient.

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npower League 1

Position Team P GD PTS
1 Doncaster 46 18 84
2 Bournemth 46 23 83
3 Brentford 46 15 79
4 Yeovil 46 15 77
5 Sheff Utd 46 14 75
6 Swindon 46 33 74
7 Leyton Or 46 7 71
8 MK Dons 46 17 70
9 Walsall 46 7 68
10 Crawley 46 1 68
11 Tranmere 46 10 67
12 Notts Co 46 12 65
13 Crewe 46 -8 64
14 Preston 46 5 59
15 Coventry 46 7 55
16 Shrewsbury 46 -6 55
17 Carlisle 46 -21 55
18 Stevenage 46 -17 54
19 Oldham 46 -13 51
20 Colchester 46 -21 51
21 Scunthorpe 46 -24 48
22 Bury 46 -28 41
23 Hartlepool 46 -28 41
24 Portsmouth 46 -18 32

Updated Sat, 27 Apr 2013

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