Torquay United midfielder Joss Labadie is available after suspension and is in the Gulls' starting XI for today's League Two clash against Fleetwood Town at Plainmoor.
The club, currently at the foot of the table, are defending the former Notts County man against a Football Association misconduct charge for alleged biting.
Meanwhile, Anthony O'Connor makes the bench after recovering from a shoulder injury.
Promotion-chasing Fleetwood are without on-loan striker Bobby Grant, who suffered a knee injury on his debut against AFC Wimbledon last week.
The Cod Army, managed by Graham Alexander, have gone four league games without scoring.
Torquay United: Rice, Tonge, Nicholson, Downes, Pearce, Lathrope, Mansell, Hawley, Labadie, Showunmi, Benyon
Subs: Poke, Harding, Cameron, Chapell, Stockley, Stevens, O'Connor
Fleetwood Town: Maxwell, Taylor, McLaughlin, Pond, Roberts, Sarcevic, Goodall, Matt, Schumacher, Evans, Murdoch
Subs: Davies, Blair, Parkin, Mandron, M.Hughes, Morris, Jordan
Giuseppe Labellarte
