Walsall v AFC Wimbledon - George Bennett's big match preview
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00:00Hi Sadler's fans, I was at Essenton earlier today where I spoke to Matt Sadler, head of
00:05Walsall's promotion showdown against AFC Wimbledon. The visit of the Wombles will kick-start
00:13a potentially season-defining week for Walsall as they face a trip to fellow promotion rivals
00:20Doncaster on Tuesday night and then follow that up with another promotion rival in the shape of
00:25Port Vale at Bescott the following Saturday. Matt Sadler talks about taking each game at a time and
00:32it's huge in terms of the permutations. Wimbledon have occupied that final automatic promotion spot
00:39in third place and they trail the league leaders Walsall by six points. Win, Walsall extend that
00:45gap to nine, lose and the gap is just three points. So huge for Walsall and then obviously
00:52followed by that clutch of games after that as well. Matt Sadler called on his players to embrace
00:58the big game, said that they've earned to play these sort of occasions. On the injury front,
01:04George Horwath confirmed last week will be fit but Matt Sadler did warn that don't expect 80 to 90
01:10minutes out of him but he is likely to be back in the squad. Obviously missed four months with
01:14hamstring injury, been back in the building for around 10 days now after completing his
01:19rehabilitation with parent club Birmingham. Ellis Harrison is a major doubt, missed the
01:25golden straw against Gillingham last week after suffering a hamstring injury in the previous
01:30stalemate against Bromley. Sadler said that it might come too soon for him and if so he could
01:38then be available hopefully for Doncaster and if not Port Vale and Josh Gordon is following a
01:44similar time frame. Priestley Farquharson was earmarked for a potential comeback for this game and
01:50unfortunately it's come too soon for him. Matt Sadler said he's not quite available for selection
01:56just yet. He did say that Alfie Chang has propelled himself into his thoughts after his promising
02:01cameo from the bench at Gillingham as has Nathan Asimwe, the Scotland Athletic
02:06lonely impressed on his first start for the club at the Priesfield Stadium.