Mattis and Richards in fitness boost

Walsall duo Dwayne Mattis and Matt Richards are set hand the beleaguered Saddlers a boost and win their fitness battles ahead of the trip to Exeter on Saturday.

Both limped out of Tuesday's disappointing 3-0 defeat at Southend and were rated doubtful, but boss Chris Hutchings has confirmed they are due to rejoin training ahead of the Devon outing.

The manager said: "Matt will train tomorrow and hopefully Dwayne will too, it's just a matter of time to let the injuries settle down and hopefully they will be available for Saturday.

"Dwayne's was a flare up of his Achilles and they are a nightmare as I have had them myself and Matty just got his knock on the ankle.

"Hopefully we can get Dwayne through because we haven't got a midweek game the following week."

The Saddlers are already without suspended defenders Mark Hughes and Clayton McDonald.