HUDDERSFIELD Town head coach Martin Drury has reported mixed injury news ahead of Saturday’s League One game with Wigan Athletic.
Bojan Radulovic will be missing with a slight hamstring problem.
The striker sat out the midweek game with Peterborough United as a precaution after feeling his hamstring – with Town mindful of a three-game week.
Further investigation has revealed an issue, but it is not a big one.
Better news sees David Kasumu back in the fray, while influential defender Radinio Balker could be involved after missing the last two matches with a hamstring injury.
On Radulovic, Drury said: "He won't be back, unfortunately.
"He's still got a little bit of an issue with his hamstring.
"Tuesday was precautionary because he thought he was a little bit of fatigue, but we've reinvestigated it a little bit further and there's a little issue with his hamstring.
"It's not a big issue, but it's something that we need to be mindful of, so he'll be unavailable this weekend.
"Kasumu’s back fit, but we need to look at how we manage him and integrate him back in. Radinio Balker is injury-free, so he'll be in contention to be within the squad tomorrow, but probably not ready to start again.
"It was two to three weeks, so it'll be two weeks tomorrow (since his injury against Sheffield Wednesday).
"So he's been banging the door down, saying he feels good and he wants to play. And the medics and the performance team are obviously doing their job of making sure that we bring him back in a safe manner.
"If you asked him, he's fit, he wants to play, but he's probably not quite there yet, but he's in contention to be in the squad.”
Town will also be without captain Ryan Ledson, who has been handed a three-match ban and £7,000 fine after being sanctioned for misconduct by the FA following the League One fixture with Sheffield Wednesday.
Ledson, who did not feature in the October 10 game due to injury, was charged with misconduct after the Yorkshire derby.
He is deemed to have used abusive and/or insulting words towards a match official around the tunnel area at half-time and also after the final whistle.
On his reaction to the FA decision, Drury commented: "I think first and foremost, Ryan's been a very, very good captain for us, both on and off the pitch.
"And I know Ryan is a person who's very, very passionate about us being successful and about the group being successful.
"Of course, we have standards and behaviours.
"He probably shouldn't have got involved to a certain extent, but I understand why; completely understand why.
"I'm sure there's been similar instances of this happening at other clubs across the country. But in this case, Ryan's been punished for it, so we have to deal with it. It is what it is.”