Midfielder Lee Evans is facing a number of weeks on the sidelines with the knee injury he suffered during last Friday’s 1-0 victory over Derby, but Town boss Kieran McKenna reports no new fitness problems, while full-back Kane Vincent-Young is expected to return to training tomorrow and striker Gassan Ahadme is continuing his recovery.
Evans underwent a scan earlier in the week with the injury almost certainly ending any lingering hopes he may have had of making the Wales World Cup squad.
"He’s got some damage to his medial ligament, not so serious that it will need surgery as it stands, but it’s going to be a period of weeks for his recovery,” McKenna said.
"He’ll be in a knee brace for a few weeks and then we’ll see how he’s recovering after that.
"A very important player for us, who is having a good season. Contributes a lot on and off the ball, and on set plays. We’ll be looking forward to having him back.
"But as we’ve shown the other night, the other boys in the squad are ready and have been working very hard behind the scenes to step up when their moment comes, and that’s what we’re going to have to do as a squad.”
McKenna reported no new injuries from Tuesday’s 3-2 win at Port Vale.
"No injuries, no issues from Tuesday night, so that’s a positive on a heavy pitch,” he added. "We had some cramps, which is unusual for us, which shows how heavy the pitch was, but no big injury news since then.”
Regarding Vincent-Young, who was absent from the squad which travelled to Vale Park, he added: "He’s hopefully going to join in training tomorrow, hasn’t worked with us yet. Had a very small issue in his calf, so hopefully he’ll train tomorrow and be available for selection.”
Ahadme, who injured his foot at Plymouth, also underwent a scan earlier in the week and is making progress.
"I don’t have a very strong update on that one,” McKenna said. "He’s shown some improvement in the bone recovery but not fully recovered yet, as would be expected.
"It’s continuing the process, letting the bone recover and heal and I think they’re happy with how it’s healing but there’s still some healing to do, so it’ll still be a couple of weeks yet before he’s back training on the grass in a meaningful way.”
Sone Aluko (knee) and Greg Leigh (compression fracture to the leg) remain sidelined.