Striker Brett Pitman is back in training and should be available for Sunday’s East Anglian derby at home to Norwich City. The 28-year-old has missed the last three matches due to a thigh problem.
"Pits has trained today, it’s his first day back, but he’s training tomorrow and should be available for selection on Sunday,” manager Mick McCarthy said.
However, midfielder Conor Grant remains sidelined with a groin injury he suffered in training earlier in the week.
"Conor’s not, Conor will be back for Preston at best,” McCarthy added. "Other than that everybody’s fine, we cam back from Wolves with a clean bill of health after a good performance with no injuries, thankfully.
Town are also without striker David McGoldrick (ankle), Luke Hyam (knee) and Giles Coke, who is continuing his recovery having undergone knee surgery at the end of last season.
The Blues boss says he’s still looking for additions to his squad ahead of the closure of the transfer window at the end of the month: "We’re still looking, not able to tell you about them.”
Earlier in the summer McCarthy made Polish defender Piotr Malarczyk, winger Cameron Stewart and Coke available but says no one has yet been in contact: "There’s no interest in any of them, no.”
Similarly, no one has made a move to take any of Town’s youngsters on loan: "We’ve had no interest there but, to be honest, the better younger players have all been in the squad and around and on the bench so it’s pretty difficult to let them go anywhere.”
Meanwhile at Norwich, winger Jacob Murphy has returned to training after a hamstring problem and could be involved on Sunday, but keeper John Ruddy (groin), full-back Martin Olsson (hamstring) and midfielder Alex Pritchard (muscle injury) are all expected to miss out.
Midfielder Graham Dorrans is also a big doubt having suffered a setback as he recovers from a groin injury, while winger Matt Jarvis, who played for McCarthy at Wolves, underwent surgery on a knee injury in the summer.