Notts County's top scorer Kyle Wootton has been ruled out of Tuesday night's trip to Dover, Ian Burchnall has confirmed.
The forward picked up a slight back issue in Saturday's 3-1 win over Weymouth and had to be replaced with 10 minutes remaining. Wootton, who has scored 21 goals this season, did not train on Monday as he underwent treatment for the problem which is not thought to be serious.
But Burchnall says that has now put him out of contention for the long trip south although he hopes he will be back for the trip to Aldershot at the weekend. "Kyle was struggling a little bit with his back so probably just needs a bit of a rest," he said. "He didn't train but nothing major. He's had some treatment. He won't be available for the game on Tuesday night.
