Early team preview from Sporting Life:
Shot-shy Cardiff could unleash Kenwyne Jones on visiting Reading.
Jones made his first appearance in a month as a substitute at Leeds on Tuesday and could start if there is no adverse reaction to his shin injury.
Peter Whittingham is suspended after collecting five bookings, meaning a likely rejig that could bring chances for Anthony Pilkington, Sammy Ameobi or Matty Kennedy.
Kagisho Dikgacoi has missed two games with a hamstring injury, while Idriss Saadi continues his recovery from a lengthy knee problem.
Reading boss Steve Clarke revealed he has a lengthy injury list ahead of the trip.
Clarke will be without long-term absentees Aaron Tshibola, Hal Robson-Kanu (both ankle) and Stephen Quinn (knee) once again.
But he also revealed that four other players sustained injuries during the 2-2 draw with Huddersfield on Tuesday night, although the Scot did not want to name names.
Ola John is pushing for a start in attack after climbing off the bench to score the equaliser in midweek.
Russell Slade: “It will be a big challenge. Similar to us, they got themselves in the top six and then drifted away. Steve has his own problems and there are big challenges for both sides. We’ve lost one in seven but not scored enough goals to win games. Hopefully we will put that right at 5pm on Saturday.”
Steve Clarke: “We’ve only had three league defeats all season that tells me they are quite a good group of players. They want to get the right result. You see their determination not to lose games. It’s really important that they have that frame of mind. Losing 1-0 to Brighton they were chasing the game and got back to 1-1.”
Referee: Keith Stroud.
Possible line ups:
Marshall, Peltier, Morrison, Connolly, Malone, Noone, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Pilkington, Mason, Jones.
Reading (4-3-3): Al-Habsi, Gunter, Hector, McShane, Taylor, Norwood, Williams, Fernandez, Vydra, Sa, Blackman.