Town boss Kieran McKenna says winger Wes Burns's specialist is hopeful the 28-year-old won't need surgery on the shoulder he injured while on international duty with Wales.
Burns fell awkwardly during the Welsh friendly against Gibraltar at the Cardiff City Stadium and there had been fears that the knock could keep him out for months if he required an operation.
However, McKenna says the club has received good news and Burns could be back next month.
"Wes had a good report from the specialist,” he said. "The specialist is really hopeful that he won’t need a surgery, so if that’s the case it will be a different sort of rehabilitation and we’ll have him back in and around the international break, which would be a pretty good outcome from where we were."
Striker Freddie Ladapo missed out tonight due to an achilles injury but he could return for Saturday's game against his old club Plymouth.
"And Freddie’s progressing well,” McKenna added. "Wasn’t ready for tonight, we’ll see how he is over the next few days.”