NOTTS County's makeshift defence can keep Crawley Town at bay, says boss Keith Curle.
Curle has been forced to play midfielders Jeff Hughes and Gary Liddle as full-backs in the Magpies' last two games because of injuries.
And on top of that he has thrown new-signing Damion Stewart straight into central defence alongside Dean Leacock.
Despite being a brand new back-four, Notts kept clean-sheets as they beat Portsmouth in the FA Cup and Colchester United in League One – and Curle believes they can shut-out Crawley at Meadow Lane today.
"The addition of Damion was something we needed," he said.
"He's come back leaner, stronger and fitter than he was last season and he knows how to play the centre-back position really well.
"He's a big, strong boy that can move about the pitch and he's enjoying his football.
"Jeff was shocking at left-back in a game earlier this season, but he assured me it was a one-off and that he could play the position so I was confident playing him there again and he's looked like a left-back in the last two games."
The Magpies beat both Pompey and Colchester 2-0 and Curle now wants his players to build on those victories on home soil.
"You can't get any better than two away wins out of two," he added.
"There was the potential for negativity and excuses because we had to travel a long way for those two games.
"But we rolled out two professional performances.
"We were an attacking threat and we showed a unity in our defending as well.
"We played with 11 men behind the ball for a lot of the time and hit them on the counter-attack.
"That is what was needed – and it was so pleasing to see the desire and commitment of the players."