A win would take Cardiff out of the bottom three and leap-frog Wanderers in the process.
City will be without Sol Bamba in tonight's crucial Sky Bet Championship relegation battle against Wolves in south Wales.
Bamba has been banned for two games following his spectacular sending-off against Ipswich on Saturday - but could face longer on the sidelines after confronting both the referee and Warnock.
Defender Bruno Manga is set to be handed his first start since October in place of Bamba, while Craig Noone could replace the out-of-form Kadeem Harris.
Rickie Lambert is expected to be rested and Marouane Chamakh is still out meaning a start for either Frederic Gounongbe or Anthony Pilkington.
Wolves boss Paul Lambert has indicated he would have no concerns about keeping faith in 19-year-old goalkeeper Harry Burgoyne for the crucial showdown.
Burgoyne made his debut in Saturday's thrilling 4-4 draw against Fulham after Andy Lonergan joined Carl Ikeme on the injured list.
Ikeme, who has been out with a hip injury, has a chance to return but if he fails a fitness test Burgoyne will once again start in goal.
Jon Dadi Bodvarsson is pushing for a start after playing for the final half-hour on Saturday in place of Romain Saiss.
Match facts
- Cardiff won both league meetings with Wolves last season, though they've never won three games in a row against them before.
- Wolves have won three of their last five league visits to face Cardiff, though they've also lost two of the last three.
- After losing four of their first five home league games this season (W1), the Bluebirds have only lost one of the last five (W2 D2).
- Wolves have only picked up one victory in their last 11 games in the Championship (D4 L6), although they have scored as many goals in the last two as the previous nine (12 goals).
Match officials
Referee: ANDREW MADLEY
Assistants: Mark Russell and Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: Lee Swabey
Madley was the referee when we lost 2 - 0 at Burton a couple of months ago.
Last season he referee'd twice at CCS and we won both. Charlton (2-1) & Ipswich (1-0)