Northampton Town vs Milton Keynes Dons - Northampton hope to have Alfie Potter available to face MK Dons

Northampton expect to have Alfie Potter available for their FA Cup third round tie against MK Dons.

Potter is on course to recover from the rib injury that prevented him from playing in last Saturday's 3-0 win over Barnet.

Paul Corry is likely to miss the rest of the season because of a knee problem, but otherwise Northampton have a fully-fit squad.

Cobblers signed James Collins on loan from Shrewsbury this week but he is cup-tied having played for the Sky Bet League One club in the competition earlier this season.

MK Dons manager Karl Robinson will make sweeping changes to his team, as Championship survival takes priority for the club.

Cody Cropper will start in goal, with David Martin ruled out with a shoulder injury, while forward Daniel Powell (hamstring) and midfielder Carl Baker (ankle) are also likely to miss out.

On-loan Southampton striker Sam Gallagher this week returned to his parent club so he will not be involved.

"We have a game on Tuesday against a former Premier League club (Burnley). In years gone by, we would have been excited about playing that same team in the FA Cup. It's the reverse now," said Robinson. "We want to beat Northampton, obviously, but we'll make changes. We've got three games in seven days and two of those are very big Championship games at stadium:mk."