Huddersfield Town Reserves face their counterparts from Port Vale this evening in a 7pm kick-off at the Galpharm Stadium.

The match sees the return of Aaron Hardy from his troublesome ankle injury picked up in the first-team defeat at Nottingham Forest, but otherwise it is the predominantly youthful line-up that you would expect given the spate of injuries that has stricken the first-team recently.

Goalkeeper Simon Eastwood will be protected by a back four of (from left to right) Joe Skarz, John McCombe, Adam Wilson and Danny Racchi with Hardy sitting just in front of the centre-backs in a defensive midfield position.

Ahead of him, James Berrett and Mitchell Bailey partner each other in the centre - as they have done many times for the under-18 side this season, with James Hand and Luke Malcher either side of the under-18 top scorer Lucas Akins.

Town's Team vs. Port Vale

1. Simon Eastwood

2. Danny Racchi

3. Joe Skarz

4. Aaron Hardy

5. John McCombe (c)

6. Adam Wilson

7. Luke Malcher

8. Mitchell Bailey

9. Lucas Akins

10. James Berrett

11. James Hand

Substitutes: Shane Killock, Alex Smithies, Daniel Codman, Alex Hallam, Daniel Broadbent