Josh Riley

Shaq Forde, Riley Harbottle and Josh McEachran latest ahead of the Gas' trip along the M4

Despite last weekend's win against Grimsby Town, Bristol Rovers are "not out of the woods yet," with only four points between themselves and the League Two relegation zone. The victory against the Mariners ended a run of three consecutive defeats, with the Gas moving ahead of Crawley Town and Barrow.

Harrogate Town's run of eight points in their last four games and Newport County's recent win at Salford City means the relegation battle is far from over and Rovers' fight for EFL survival continues when they travel to Swindon Town on Saturday.

The last meeting between the two sides saw the Robins win 3-0 at The Mem - a tenth consecutive league defeat for Darrell Clarke. This led to Clarke being sacked, with Steve Evans coming in to replace him a few days later.

Against Grimsby, Rovers were without Shaq Forde, Riley Harbottle, Josh McEachran and Macauley Southam-Hales. At Thursday's press conference, Evans provided updates on Forde, Harbottle and McEachran, with Southam-Hales still expected to be out for the majority of the last 13 games.

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Shaq Forde

"Well, we might have Shaq. We'll see today, and tomorrow he goes. We might have Shaq Forde available to us. Maybe a push."

He added: " He banged his head, actually, on the floor. It wasn't a head to head. He's just come down after winning a good challenge. And he's just not felt right in himself and listen, if he was my son, I'd want the utmost care and attention taken to him.

"We have a duty of care to make sure that Shaq feels, and is 100%. You can't be any more than 100. And so he might be 95%, 95 is not 100, so I'm taking it almost a fatherly approach, which I do with the players and making sure that he's right."

Riley Harbottle

"Riley certainly won't be available to us, but we've certainly got real hopes for Crewe."

He added: " Riley Harbottle realistically has a real chance of Crewe next Saturday."

Josh McEachran

" No Josh isn't available for the weekend. We're probably looking at Josh obviously, probably the weekend after Crewe, so maybe Barrow midweek and then the weekend after, so he's probably two weeks away."

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"Yeah, he's gone for the season. I would think if he comes back for the last three, four weeks, we'd be pleased.

"Let's hope we're in a position when he comes back to get the kid back active because he's a good player."