Vale eleven to face Preston - two changes

Vale make two changes - Out go Anthony Griffith who sits out a one-match suspension and Chris Lines, who suffered a rib injury against Rotherham on Sunday - into the starting eleven come Chris Birchall and Chris Shuker, with Chris Neal returning to the squad.

PRESTON: Declan Rudd, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, Lee Holmes, Paul Gallagher, Joe Garner, David Buchanan, John Welsh, Jack King, Iain Hulme, Neil Kilkenny. SUBS: Thorsten Stuckmann, Keith KeaneScott Laird, Chris Humphrey, Kevin Davies, Stuart Beavon, Josh Brownhill

PORT VALE: Sam Johnson, Adam Yates, Liam Chilvers, Richard Duffy, Carl Dickinson, Louis Dodds, Chris Birchall, Chris Shuker, Doug Loft, Gavin Tomlin, Tom Pope. SUBS: Chris Neal, Jennsion Myrie-Williams, Ryan Lloyd, Chris Robertson, Gary O'Neil, Jordan Hugill, Ben Williamson