KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will have midfielder Dean Bennett back in their squad for tonight's FA Cup first round replay against Burton Albion at Eton Park (7.45).

He missed Saturday 3-1 Nationwide League Division Three home victory over York City because of a gash above his left eye.

The wound required ten stitches after a sickening clash of heads with Burton's Darren Wassall during the first match which ended goalless.

Harriers, however, will be without newcomers Neil Mackenzie, John Durnin and Parfait Medou-Oyte.

The trio are ineligible as they were not signed in time to play in the first match against the Brewers.

Front-runner Durnin will be replaced in the starting line-up by Stewart Hadley, while youngsters Ben Davies and Andrew Corbett are also added to the squad.

Kidderminster boss Jan Molby, however, knows his side are geared up for another tough test against Nigel Clough's men who are riding high in the Dr Martens League Premier Division.

He said: "Since we last played Burton we couldn't have asked for better preparations. We have made what I think are three very good signings and we have won a home game 3-1 and never looked in any trouble.

"At times we played some really good stuff and things couldn't have gone better. I know that guarantees you nothing but it's certainly a lift to everybody."

Molby, however, envisages a different kind of confrontation tonight from that at Aggborough on Saturday, November 18, when a rock solid defensive display earned Clough's battlers a deserved draw.

The Harriers chief said: "It's another difficult game but, whether people believe me or not, it's one where we fancy our chances.

"I don't think they can play again the way they did at Aggborough with everybody behind the ball. There will be a big crowd and their fans will demand that they come at us, so hopefully that will make for a bit more of an open game."

Kidderminster's former Worcester City defender Mark Shail said: "They will have to come at us a bit more so it's down to us to break them down and deal with whatever they throw at us. There's everything to play for. It will be difficult at their place but it should be a much more open game. Hopefully, we will be table to take our chances."

The winners of tonight's clash will entertain Carlisle United on Saturday, December 9.

Kidderminster (from): Brock, Clarkson, Stamps, Hinton, Shail, Smith, Horne, Bogie, Ducros, Foster, Hadley, Bennett, Webb, Bird, Clarke, Davies, Corbett.

Harriers Youth play their FA Cup third round match tomorrow against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.