Leif Davis misses only his second league game of the season as the Blues face Lincoln City at Sincil Bank.
Manager Kieran McKenna revealed that illness was continuing to impact his squad in the run-up to the game with two players sent home from Saturday training and taking antibiotics.
Davis appears to be one of those sidelined with the left-back not in the squad and Greg Leigh starting his first league game since the 1-0 win at Burton in August when the former Leeds man was an unused sub.
Sone Aluko and Kayden Jackson also come into the side for Conor Chaplin and Freddie Ladapo, who are both on the bench, with the team otherwise unchanged from the side which drew 2-2 at Portsmouth on Thursday.
Centre-half George Edmundson is absent from the bench with Richard Keogh returning to the 18.
Lincoln, who are managed by former Town left-back and academy coach Mark Kennedy, make one enforced change from the team which drew 1-1 at home to Bolton on Friday with Adam Jackson replacing the suspended Joe Walsh. Former Blues midfielder Teddy Bishop is on the bench.
Lincoln: Rushworth, Poole (c), Jackson, O'Connor, House, Mandroiu, Sorensen, Eyoma, Roughan, Virtue, Diamond. Subs: Wright, Sanders, Vernam, Hopper, Bishop, Garrick, Robson.
Town: Walton, Donacien, Woolfenden, Burgess, Burns, Evans, Morsy (c), Leigh, Aluko, Harness, Jackson. Subs: Hladky, Keogh, Vincent-Young, Humphreys, Edwards, Chaplin, Ladapo. Referee: Declan Bourne (Nottinghamshire).