Corry Evans begins a two-match suspension as Hull City manager Steve Bruce is forced to change a winning side at Wolves this evening.
Evans collected his 10th yellow card of the season in Saturday's 2-1 win at Ipswich, ruling him out of what could be a momentous week for the Tigers' promotion ambitions.
Robert Koren, scorer of the winner at Portman Road, is being considered for a recall but Ahmed Fathi could be favoured for a first start in City colours.
The continued absence of Paul McShane (ankle) and Alex Bruce (Achilles) leaves no room for change in the back three of James Chester, Abdoulaye Faye and Jack Hobbs, despite this demanding run of three games inside seven days.
Gedo (foot) remains out of contention to suggest a front pairing of Jay Simpson and George Boyd once more, but Matty Fryatt will again be a welcome sight amongst the substitutes.
Fryatt made his first Championship appearance in almost 12 months when coming on as an 89th-minute substitute at Ipswich, bringing a timely end to his Achilles injury nightmare.
Joe Dudgeon (knee) and Sone Aluko (Achilles) are the frustrated figures on the sidelines as City travel to the Black Country aiming for another memorable away win.
Wolves' hopes of survival have suffered a string of recent blows with six players ruled out for the season in the four weeks leading up to tonight's clash with Hull City.
Carl Ikeme (hand), Dave Edwards (foot) and Bakary Sako (hamstring) were all lost in the same fixture against Bristol City last month, before Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (broken leg) joined the walking wounded a week later.
Razak Boukari (calf) and David Davis (ankle) have also already turned their attentions to next season following the worst possible news on their injury set-backs.
Just to compound matters, Wolves will also be without Jamie O'Hara for the next three games.
The former Spurs midfielder was shown a red card for violent conduct in the 3-1 defeat to Huddersfield on Saturday and begins his suspension against City at Molineux. Tongo Hamed Doumbia looks most likely to come in as a replacement.
Manager Dean Saunders is left with limited options and will hope Stephen Ward puts his hand up to feature. He complained of a rib injury after scoring in the weekend loss to Huddersfield.
Experienced pair Wayne Hennessey (knee) and George Elokobi (ankle) are long-term absentees in a campaign of scant good fortune for a long-suffering Wolves outfit.
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