Morecambe boss Sammy McIlroy says he wants his team to show Gillingham fans how far they have come since their "embarrasing'' 5-0 defeat against the Gills earlier this season.
The Shrimps crashed to their heaviest defeat in the Football League 5-0 at the Priestfield Stadium in October with a performance that left the boss furious.
Thisiskent.co.uk report that Gills' skipper Barry Fuller misses out because he has caught pneumonia.
Had Fuller been fit to return from suspension the Gills boss would have had to choose between the player he promoted to lead the side and Stuart Lewis, who made such an impact against £10m rated winger Ashley Young in the FA Cup defeat by Aston Villa a couple of weeks ago.
With Fuller missing, Stimson will have no qualms keeping Lewis at right back for the Morecambe trip.
He's going to have to keep club captain Mark Bentley in central defence, too, because Garry Richards is serving the second game of a three-match ban and the club don't have any other senior centre halves on their books.
The other decision the manager will have to make concerns veteran midfielder Nicky Southall.
He missed the Villa game because he was cup tied, but is available for selection again and might well be preferred as the right sided option because of his ability to sling over accurate crosses.
It could be Stimmo strings five across midfield and plays Simeon Jackson up front alone, or he could go with a 4-4-2 and have either Gary Mulligan or Dennis Oli alongside the club's leading marksman.
Adam Miller, for one, reckons Gills away form has been improving and he is backing it to get even better as they chase at least a place in the promotion play-offs.
"Results haven't been that great, maybe," he said, "but we perhaps haven't had the rub of the green much. What we can't do is look at the away record as something to worry about because it then becomes a mental issue.
"To me it's not an issue at all. It's no massive drama and we just have to be a little more consistent. If everyone's willing to roll their sleeves up and work we will get there. We have to put in the hard shifts now."
