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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.