Kevin Blackwell has lost Gary Naysmih for a further six weeks and is without two more players for tonight's clash with Reading:

"We will be without Lee Williamson and Marcel Seip (both hamstring) and that puts our squad down to 18/19 but we will do what we can to get through.

"I hope that Williamson will only be out for a week or two because, although he nicked the top of his hamstring chasing back at Bolton, we did catch it early.

"Jon Fortune looked tired towards the end of the second-half at Bolton and I would have substituted him if I had had another centre-back on the bench because he was, understandably, knackered.

"He did brilliantly and although we knew that he had ability I felt a bit story for him because it takes time to get your speed and timing up to scratch and he just didn't have that chance."

Reading are still without Noel Hunt, Chris Armstrong and Julian Kelly, but experienced defender Zurab Khizanishvili could make his debut for the Royals after signing on loan from Blackburn on Monday afternoon.