Ravel Morrison has a slim chance of featuring for Cardiff when they welcome Ipswich.
The West Ham loanee, who missed Slade's first match in charge against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, opened up ligaments in his knee and he has also been suffering from a virus meaning he has just an outside chance of lining up against the Tractor Boys.
That 2-1 win over Forest came despite some late pre-match changes.
Fabio was taken ill during the warm-up while fellow left-back Declan John felt a hamstring problem as he warmed up during the match and the pair will be assessed before kick-off.
Slade is optimistic that Federico Macheda, who left the pitch with cramp, will be available but Tom Adeyemi's hamstring, which forced his withdrawal, looks likely to rule him out.Ipswich expect striker Daryl Murphy, defender Luke Chambers and midfielder Teddy Bishop to be available.
Murphy missed Saturday's 1-1 draw at home to 10-man Blackburn with a sore Achilles while captain Chambers and Bishop were ill.However, all three trained on Monday and boss Mick McCarthy anticipates being able to call on the trio.But Town will monitor defenders Jonathan Parr and Tyrone Mings (ankle) with only midfielder Luke Hyam (hip) definitely sidelined.
Head-to-Head
• The last meeting ended as a goalless draw at the Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship in January last year.
• Cardiff have won only one of the last nine meetings. Their only win since 2008 was 2-1 at Portman Road in the Championship in October 2012.
• Ipswich are unbeaten in the last five meetings at Cardiff, winning three. Cardiff's last win at home was 1-0 in the Championship in November 2007.
Cardiff
• Cardiff have lost only one of their last four games, winning two and drawing one. Their only defeat in that time was 1-0 at Blackpool in the Championship on 3 October.
• Cardiff have won their last two home games, against Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest.
• Cardiff manager Russel Slade is hoping for a win but a draw would be just about OK. He will probably be sacked if Cardiff lose.
Ipswich
• Ipswich are unbeaten in their last eight games, winning four. Their last defeat was 1-0 against Norwich at home on 23 August.
• Ipswich have won only one of their seven away games in all competitions this season. Their only win on the road was 2-1 at Wigan in the Championship on 22 September.