Striker Pablo Couñago and defenders Moritz Volz and Pim Balkestein are injury concerns ahead of Saturday s trip to the Valley. Couñago appears the most likely of the three to be fit enough to face Alan Pardew s side.
Town s Carling Cup run came to an end as Wigan left Portman Road with a 4-1 victory. The result flattered the visitors with all the goals coming in the second half, Lee Cattermole opened the scoring and Jon Walters equalising before Olivier Kapo, Paul Scharner and Henri Camara won the tie.
Town boss Jim Magilton will again have to decide which members of his squad to disappoint when Reading visit Portman Road on Saturday. Striker Jon Stead could make his Blues debut having signed on loan from Sheffield United last Monday.
Midfielder Veliche Shumulikoski s Macedonia fell to a 2-1 home defeat against Holland in their second World Cup qualifier in Skopje on Wednesday evening. Macedonia opened their campaign with a victory over George Burley s Scotland on Saturday.
Midfielder Owen Garvan will be looking to win his sixth Republic of Ireland U21 cap this evening when his side take on Portugal in Madeira in their final European Championships qualifier. The Irish youngsters are no longer in with a chance of qualification.