Nicky Hunt will miss this Saturday's game with Manchester City after picking up his fifth booking of the season in the 3-2 defeat against Norwich City.
The Westhoughton-born defender will serve an automatic one match suspension, and this should give either Anthony Barness or Tal Ben-Haim an opportunity to stake a first team place.
Boyhood Wanderers supporter Hunt has only missed a handful of games since making the right back berth his own at the start of the 2003-2004 season.