Marvin Elliott is set to play his first game of pre-season this weekend.

The midfielder is due to play for City in tomorrow's away trip to Bournemouth (3pm), after recovering from a foot problem.

To date the Londoner has yet to play in City's five pre-season matches.

And there is also good news on Liam Fontaine and Gavin Williams' latest battle for fitness.

Both are set to step up training early next week after ankle problems.

However, Jamie McCombe will miss out again this weekend with a shin complaint.

The big defender has been troubled with a shin problem for numerous pre-seasons - given the hard ground - and this term has proved no different.