Brighton and Hove Albion face a triple selection dilemma as they bid to open a four-point lead on the chasing pack.

The Seagulls will have Gary Hart, Simon Morgan and Paul Watson available again after one match bans as they tackle play-off hopefuls Tranmere Rovers at Withdean tomorrow night.

The trio missed out on potentially one of their sides' most important wins of the season when Cardiff City were beaten 1-0 on Thursday.

That result, which was enough to keep the Seagulls in the second automatic promotion place, was helped by slip-ups from their rivals on Saturday.

Now the management duo of Peter Taylor and Bob Booker must decide whether to change a winning team as Dave Watson brings his Rovers south.

Booker admitted: "Its a headache for us but the main thing is it's nice to have numbers available again.

"Last Thursday was a big game for us to get through without three key players. Now we are back up to strength and it gives us something to think about.

"Those three players will not automatically come back in. We will have to wait and see."

Booker believes Morgan, whose place was filled admirably by young Adam Virgo, will have found the 11- day break from match action especially beneficial.

The Albion assistant boss said: "He got a bang on the head at Brentford and he probably needed the rest to pick himself up.

"He wouldn't have wanted to miss the game but sometimes players come bouncing back even better after a break."

Victory tomorrow will send Albion four points clear of Stoke, still with a game in hand on the Potters.

Stoke crashed 3-1 at Bournemouth on Saturday and are not in action again until Wednesday, when Cambridge visit the Britannia Stadium.

Bristol City could only cut the gap on Albion to three points after conceding a last-gasp equaliser to Huddersfield at Ashton Gate.

City are at home again tomorrow against a QPR side who have still yet to make a serious move on the promotion places.

Brentford, also pegged back by a second half equaliser when they visited Colchester on Saturday, have no game this week so could slip as many as nine points behind the Seagulls, having played the same amount of matches.

Albion had their spies out at the weekend, running the rule over tomorrow's opponents, who were held goalless by visiting Chesterfield.