Portsmouth caretaker boss Paul Hart has Younes Kaboul (ankle), Armand Traore (hip) and Ben Thomas (back) all available again but is expected to stick with an unchanged team for tomorrow’s trip to fellow strugglers Stoke.
Left-back Hermann Hreidarsson is a slight doubt after missing training on Thursday with a virus and Hart has to decide which of two new signings, Hayden Mullins or Angelos Basinas, starts in midfield.
Richard Hughes (hamstring), Papa Bouba Diop (knee), Glen Little (knee) and Jamie Ashdown (ankle) are still out.
Team (from): James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Davis, Mullins, Kranjcar, Nugent, Crouch, Basinas, Belhadj, Traore, Pamarot, Utaka, Kanu, Kaboul, Gekas, Begovic.