MATCHDAY: Bury 2 Stevenage 0 (From Bury Times)

9:34pm

90+1 - SUB - Nicky Ajose on for Craig Fagan

9:24pm

77 - SUB - Valery Mezague replaces Efe Sodje

9:17pm

76 - SUB - Clarke-Harris replaces Andy Bishop

9:12pm

70 - SUB - Greg Tansey on for Dani Lopez

9:11pm

68 - Lucas Akins misses a golden chance to sneak an opener for the visitors, running in behind the Bury defence but poking a close-range shot across goal.

9:02pm

60 - Carson gets down well to keep out Lucas Akins' scuffed shot after substitute Darius Charles outmuscles the Bury defence to lay-off the ball for the shooting chance from the edge of the box.

8:59pm

57 - Andy Bishop heads just wide of the far post after beating his marker to get to Craig Jones' pinpoint cross.

8:53pm

51 - SUB - Miguel Comminges on for Lee Hills

8:49pm

46 – David Worrall just fails to connect with a deflected Schumacher shot at the back post. Any touch would have been a certain goal.

8:27pm

39 - Craig Jones skies a shot from eight yards out with the goal at his mercy. The ball bounced back to the midfielder after Bishop poked a shot against Arnold, the Stevenage keeper, from the six yard line. A horrible miss with Arnold on his backside.

8:20pm

Great charging down from Schumacher. Bury's top scorer for the season will have been gutted not to take his tally to 11 from the spot, but he's doing his best to make amends.

8:16pm

30 - Schumacher fires a volley just over from a bouncing ball 30 yards out after Andy Bishop had nodded the ball past the last defender Mark Roberts.

8:11pm

26 - Lopez tries his luck from range but Carson gets his body behind the bobbling 25-yard effort.

8:04pm

18 - Penalty for Bury as Steven Schumacher is brought down in the box. 

8:02pm

16 - Lucas Akins balloons a shot on the turn, just inside the Bury box.

8:01pm

One other bit of team news - there is no place in the squad for David Healy, who was roundly booed when he came on to replace Craig Jones late in the game on Saturday.

7:58pm

12 - Decent cross-field ball from Craig Fagan almost plays in David Worrall on the left, but David Gray just manages to cut out the danger.

7:57pm

Sodje fluffs a back header from just inside the Bury half,  but Trevor Carson scampers out of goal to clear.

7:54pm

Bury's defence look understandably edgy, with both Ashley Eastham and Ethan Ebanks-Landell playing out of position.

Eastham has switched from the right to the left of the centre back pairing, while Ebanks-Landell, who has been playing on the left of central defence, is at right-back tonight.

7:51pm

5 - Dani Lopez wraps his foot round the loose ball in the box, but his shot hits the side netting.

7:48pm

Sodje is getting a cheer with every towering header and strong tackle he puts in. There's no doubting where the fans' loyalties lie.

7:45pm

Chants of "Sodje, Sodje" ring out from the sparse crowd here at Gigg Lane as the fans prepare for kick-off.

Let's hope his return brings about a change of fortune for the side after four straight defeats.

7:29pm

Team news

Kevin Blackwell has made one change from the side that lost 2-1 at home to Colchester United on Saturday - and it's a big one.

Shakers legend Efe Sodje, who has spent the last month on loan at Barrow, has been drafted into the starting line-up to partner Ashley Eastham in the centre of defence.

Right-back Carl Regan has dropped down to the bench, with centre-back Ethan Ebanks-Landell switching into his position.

7:10pm

Full line-ups

BURY: Carson; Ebanks-Landell, Eastham, Sodje, Skarz; C Jones, Carrington, Schumacher, Worrall; Fagan, Bishop.

Subs: Ajose, Regan, Clarke-Harris, Belford, Thompson, Mezague.

STEVENAGE: Arnold, Gray, Roberts, Ngala, Hills; Dunne, Grant, Mahon, Akins, Lopez, Beleck.

Subs: Charles, Tansey, Freeman, Day, Comminges, Hoskins, Shroot.

Referee: Tony Bates