Gnanduillet and O’Connor suspended for Blackpool

Blackpool are without suspended pair Armand Gnanduillet and Paudie O’Connor for the home clash with Bristol Rovers.

Striker Gnanduillet serves the second game of a three-match ban after being sent off at Fleetwood last weekend.

Defender O’Connor starts a three-game suspension following his red card in the Carabao Cup defeat at Arsenal on Wednesday.

Curtis Tilt is available after missing the Arsenal tie through suspension, but fellow defender Donervon Daniels seems set to be absent again with a hamstring problem.

Rovers boss Darrell Clarke has a decision to make over striker Stefan Payne.

Payne was fined by the club on Monday for making an obscene gesture towards the travelling Rovers fans as he made his way off the pitch at Barnsley last weekend.

Alex Jukubiak or Tom Nichols are on standby to return should Clarke punish Payne further and drop him from the starting XI.

Ed Upson and Kyle Bennett are also pushing for recalls as Rovers seek to improve on a run of one win in seven league games.