Midfielder Luke Hyam will be back in the Blues squad for Tuesday’s home game against Blackburn Rovers, but striker Paul Taylor remains a doubt with the shoulder injury he suffered in the home defeat to Leicester City. Both players missed Saturday’s 1-0 victory at Charlton.
Manager Mick McCarthy said: "Luke’s fine, Paul went for a scan today, he’s not got any serious damage but he came off in training yesterday so he’s going to have an injection in that and that’ll settle it down. It’s nothing major but he’s still feeling the soreness, so he’s struggling.”
Centre-half Luke Chambers suffered a knock towards the end of Saturday’s match but is expected to be OK.
"He did, he’s got a swollen knee, a broken nose, but apart from that he’s fine,” McCarthy said. "He’ll be all right, Chambo, he’ll be fine tomorrow.
"None of them have really trained today. It was a tough game on Saturday and we’ve another one today and Saturday. Everybody else is OK.”
Right-back Elliott Hewitt has returned to the club after his loan at Gillingham was curtailed but a fractured ankle and his manager expects him to be out for around a month: "He went to see a specialist, James Calder, this morning, who is an excellent guy. We expect him to be out for four weeks, hopefully quicker, but we’ll see.”
As his side goes into the second of three games in a week, McCarthy is keeping his cards close to his chest regarding any changes he might be weighing up: "You’ll find out tomorrow.”