Westley waits on sick Stevenage

Midfielder Charlie Lee (flu) is among several players who are struggling with illness but at least one piece of good news for Westley sees the expected return from injury of Darius Charles, who missed last weekend's defeat at Newport with a knock.

Forwards Calvin Zola and Adam Marriott are making progress with their respective ankle and hamstring injuries and could soon be involved.

On-loan Arsenal midfielder Jack Jebb has a knee injury while central defenders Harry Worley and Jon Ashton (broken leg) are long-term absentees.

Exeter will be without influential midfielder David Noble.

The playmaker has been on the losing side just twice in 16 games since being borrowed from Oldham in September and, although he has agreed a January move to St James Park, Noble cannot feature until 2015 after the expiration of his 93-day loan.

Luckily for Paul Tisdale he can call on Liam Sercombe after the midfielder missed last weekend's win over Carlisle with a groin strain and the Grecians boss will chose between Sercombe and Ryan Harley to fill the void left by Noble.

Long-term injury absentees Jordan Moore-Taylor and Jamie Reid are edging closer to returning to action and could be involved on the bench which would be a huge boost for the pair.