Walsall manager Dean Smith has made five changes to his side ahead of their League One clash against Bury at the Banks's Stadium.

Rico Henry, Paul Downing, Anthony Forde, Romaine Sawyers and Reece Flanagan all come into the side for the table-topping Saddlers.

Meanwhile, Rob Lainton begins in goal for the Shakers after Christian Walton's loan spell from Brighton & Hove Albion was cut short by injury.

Striker Ryan Lowe, however, misses out on a place in the squad as he is deemed not to have fully recovered from his ankle injury, but Leon Clarke starts after shaking off a hamstring complaint.

Walsall: MacGillivray, Taylor, O'Connor, Diwning, Chambers, Mantom, Bradshaw, Sawyers, Forde, Henry, Flanagan
Subs: Baxendale, Lalkovic, Preston, Morris, Cook, Kinsella, Jezeph

Bury: Lainton, Riley, Hussey, Tutte, Clarke, Soares, Mayor, Cameron, Mellis, Jones, Clarke
Subs: Ruddy, Foulds, Sedgwick, Pugh, Dudley, Brown, Pope