Sean Morrison and Danny Williams have returned to the Reading starting lineup for today's match against Huddersfield Town.
Morrison has been missing since picking up a knee injury against Queen Park Rangers in November, while Williams starts for the first time in a month after also sustaining an injury to his knee.
Michael Hector makes his first start at the Madejski Stadium, with Royston Drenthe and Hope Akpan dropping to the bench for the Royals.
Meanwhile, Huddersfield manager Mark Robins has named an unchanged side for the Championship clash, but he will be without striker James Vaughan whose place on the bench is taken by Sean Scannell.
Reading: McCarthy, Gunter, Obita, Morrison, Pearce, Hector, Williams, McAnuff, McCleary, Robson-Kanu, Pogrebnyak
Subs: Federici, Kelly, Gorkss Akpan, J Taylor, Drenthe, Le Fondre
Huddersfield Town: Smithies, Dixon, Gerrard, Clarke, Smith, Clayton, Hammill, Gobern, Norwood, Ward, Wells
Subs: Bennett, Woods, Hogg, Scannell, Wallace, Holmes, Bunn