Having picked up their first win of the year last time out, Grimsby Town will want to start a positive run of form as they welcome relegation-threatened Carlisle United to Blundell Park.

The Mariners showed more of what has made them a good team this season against Bromley to end their losing streak on the road and pick up a clean sheet along the way, but now the word “consistency” comes to mind again.

It could be the game for one of the Mariners’ two January arrivals to make their first appearance, with Darragh Burns having more time on the training pitch with his new team to try and get up to speed.

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The Irish winger's involvement, if at all possible, is likely to be brief at this stage, given that his last match involvement was in mid-December. However, we will see him before Geza David Turi, who is still waiting for a work permit to come through before joining the squad entirely.

Town also know they will be without Lewis Cass on Saturday through suspension after being shown two yellows at Bromley. Depending on Tyrell Warren’s readiness, Artell has a decision on whether to stick with a back three and play a winger at right wing-back or go back to a back four with full-backs.

Supporters will want to see the team follow up with an encouraging performance with another and assert the control they should do at home against Carlisle, who have struggled all season and are onto their third permanent manager this term.

There can not have been many who expected Mark Hughes to return to League Two management after his 18 months at Bradford City, but Town’s next opponents announced the surprise appointment this week.

Having given Mike Williamson the full January transfer window to make signings, they sacked him and moved quickly to bring in Hughes, who has played and managed in the top division of England most of his career but has decided to take on this challenge.

Hughes’ stature within the game is something his new club are banking on at this point to get a much-changed squad to gel quickly and get results at a point of near desperation for them as they look to avoid back-to-back relegations and non-league obscurity.

"Mark's experience and stature in the game speaks for itself," said Carlisle’s sporting director Rob Clarkson.

"He is someone who will instantly command respect from all staff and players, and I am really excited to work with him.

"The players we have here will suit the way he wants to play, and I'm sure our fans will really get behind him and the team in our remaining 18 games."

Eleven new signings last month suggested they were backing Hughes’ predecessor, but it now leaves the new man in the dugout with the job of bleeding in new players while also trying to pick up points immediately.

Whether such an appointment is right for Carlisle's current situation —rock-bottom of the table and five points from safety—remains to be seen. Town will hope to pile more misery on them and stay in the fight at the other end of the standings.