There will be changes in midfield as well as Mark Bonner comes in to create the Bonner / Boland support to a more advanced Graham Kavanagh.
Lennie will keep faith the back four of Croft, Barker, Young and Weston.
That means that Jason Bowen and Andy Legg are dropped from last Friday's line up and Alan Mahon has not yet fully recovered from the bout of flu that forced him to miss last Fridays game.
Mahon, along with Legg and Bowen are expected to join Jenkins, Prior and Margetson as part of the 17 man squad.
Tonights game is a re-arranged fixture. The original clash was postponed 45 mins before kick off after a flash flood in the Port Vale area. The only storm tonight should be in the Vale penalty area.
City produced one on their best displays of the season at Vale Park last year, we must see the same again this season.
Wins are all that matter now, we do not have the Wigan factor of a nice big cushion. Now is the time for responsibilities to be taken and points to be won.