Ainsley Maitland-Niles returns to the Town starting line-up for the injured Kevin Bru in an otherwise unchanged Blues side ahead of this afternoon’s live Sky game at Charlton (KO 12.30pm).
Winger Larsen Touré, a regular sub in recent weeks, is also missing and like Bru didn’t make the trip to South London.
U21s defender Joe Robinson, 19, is amongst the substitutes for the senior side for the first time in a competitive match.
Charlton have named an unchanged team including former Town loan keeper Stephen Henderson. One-time Blues academy schoolboy Nick Pope, also a keeper, is on the bench.
Charlton: Henderson, Holmes-Dennis, Bauer, Sarr, Fox, Diarra, Cousins, Jackson (c), Gudmundsson, Makienok, Lookman. Subs: Pope, Lennon, Solly, Ba, Ghoochannejhad, Vaz Te, Ahearne-Grant.
Town: Gerken, Chambers (c), Smith, Berra, Knudsen, Skuse, Douglas, Maitland, Niles, Sears, Murphy, Pitman. Subs: Bialkowski, Malarczyk, Parr, Robinson, Coke, Tabb, Oar. Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland).