Salford v Warrington: Predicted line-ups and late injury news

After the heartache of losing to a Jackson Hastings drop goal, Salford host Warrington tonight. The Wolves have been up and down in recent games. After a shocking loss to Huddersfield in front of their own fans, Warrington thumped Castleford on Saturday. Can the Wolves piece together some consistency or will Salford shock their Lancashire rivals?

The Red Devils again are in a position where they could hand a debut to high profile signing Joe Burgess. On the other side of things, Pauli Pauli will miss out through suspension whilst Salford also carry plenty of injuries into this game. Kevin Brown, Matty Costello and Andy Ackers are all absent through injury whilst Dan Sarginson is still suspended. Interestingly, Oliver Roberts and Sam Luckley have been drafted into the 21-man squad as has Connor Aspey who could feature in the side as Salford struggle for hookers especially following the injury to Danny Addy last week.

Meanwhile, Warrington will most likely remain relatively unchanged although the return of Sitaleki Akauola throws a spanner into the works as he could replace Rob Butler on the bench. Tom Lineham is still likely to be left out whilst the injuries to Greg Inglis and Matty Ashton should mean Stefan Ratchford remains at fullback.

Salford
1 Morgan Escare
2 Ken Sio
3 Kallum Watkins
22 Rhys Williams
5 Joe Burgess
6 Tui Lolohea
29 Dec Patton
10 Sebastine Ikahihifo
18 Chris Atkin
16 Greg Burke
11 Ryan Lannon
20 Harvey Livett
13 Elijah Taylor
Substitutes
8 Lee Mossop
25 Jack Ormondroyd
28 Darcy Lussick
30 Connor Aspey

Warrington
1 Stefan Ratchford
23 Josh Thewlis
18 Jake Mamo
4 Toby King
5 Josh Charnley
6 Blake Austin
7 Gareth Widdop
8 Chris Hill
9 Daryl Clark
10 Mike Cooper
11 Ben Currie
12 Jack Hughes
14 Jason Clark
Substitutes
13 Joe Philbin
15 Matt Davies
19 Rob Mulhern
20 Sitaleki Akauola