Remi Matthews gets FA Cup green light for Greens

Posted Friday, November 03, 2017 by PA

On-loan Norwich goalkeeper Remi Matthews has been given permission to play for Plymouth in their FA Cup clash with Grimsby.

The club's goakeeping crisis shows no sign of easing, with Luke McCormick (ankle), Robbert te Loeke (back) and Kyle Letheren (thigh) all likely to be out for a while yet.

Plymouth have other injury problems, although Antoni Sarcevic returned from a hamstring problem in last weekend's draw with Rochdale and is pushing for a start.

Nadir Ciftci, Ruben Lameiras, Jamie Ness, Oscar Threlkeld and Ryan Taylor all sat out the clash with Dale through injury.

Grimsby boss Russell Slade has indicated he could make changes in the wake of last week's disappointing goalless draw with Cambridge.

But both Jamey Osborne and Sean McAllister are expected to be sidelined for at least one more week despite picking up more valuable minutes in a midweek friendly.

McAllister is yet to play for the Mariners this season after struggling with a persistent adductor muscle injury, while Osborne suffered a knee ligament injury in training.

Slade has been boosted by the return to training of Jamille Matt following a back injury and the on-loan Jamaican could come into contention at Home Park.