Ipswich captain David Norris has served a suspension but is set to miss out again because of an ankle problem.Colin Healy could come back after five weeks out with a stomach injury, but Mark Kennedy will remain sidelined for some time with a hamstring complaint.
Scunthorpe's Sam Togwell and Ben Gordon, who both missed the game against Preston, are available again.
Andy Hughes is back in training following a facial injury picked up in that defeat, and will be in the squad.
MATCH PREVIEW
Scunthorpe's loss against bottom side Preston in midweek was their second 3-0 home defeat in four days, a massive blow to their Championship survival chances, and resulted in the axe falling on manager Ian Baraclough.
Tony Daws, placed in caretaker charge in the wake of Baraclough's sacking, has the task of installing confidence in a team that has lost their last four matches - and seven in a row away from home.
An Ipswich win on Saturday would leave Scunthorpe one loss away from equalling their club-record of nine consecutive away defeats, which they suffered in 1973.
The Iron have lost on all six of their previous visits to Portman Road, where Ipswich have lost three games in a row. Like Scunthorpe, they have conceded three goals in their last two home matches and, again like United, the Suffolk club have failed to score in four of their last six outings.
The honeymoon period is well and truly over for Paul Jewell, who enjoyed an excellent run of results after his appointment as Ipswich boss. A defeat in this match would see Town slump to four consecutive home losses for the first time since the 2001/02 campaign, when they were relegated from the Premier League.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Ipswich have won eight, and Scunthorpe only one, of the 13 previous matches between these clubs.
• Scunthorpe's only win against Ipswich is a 4-0 victory in August 1960 at the Old Showground.
Ipswich
• Ipswich have won only one of their last seven league matches.
• Town are yet to win a match this season without scoring more than one goal.
• A start for Carlos Edwards would be the 300th of his league career.
Scunthorpe
• Scunthorpe have lost five of their last six games.
• United are the only team yet to draw away in the Championship this season.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport