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It will be an added blow for Alexander, who came to The Den from Brisbane Road, but the former O's striker required stitches to an ankle injury picked up during Tuesday's 1-0 victory over Yeovil. Dunne also picked up a knock in the same game and will not recover in time for tomorrow's game.
"It was a bad tackle on Gary," manager Kenny Jackett told the club's official site. "He will be out for a number of weeks, which is a frustration for us. I had a look at the tackle again afterwards and it was not good. The guy came into him with a force and to a degree, Gary was lucky not to have sustained a worse injury."
Alexander's absence leaves Jackett short of strikers with Adrian Forbes also on the sidelines through injury and Bas Savage is in line to make his first start for the club while out-of-favour striker Neil Harris could be on the bench for The Lions.
"Bas did well and apart from his goal, made a good contribution," continued Jackett. "He held the ball up, he won headers, provided a physical presence in both boxes and complemented the other forwards.
"We had Marcus Bignot back available at Yeovil. Now Brkovic is back and Neil Harris is just getting over an achilles injury too, so we have senior players on our books who I feel can do a job."