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Victor Adeboyejo is “borderline” for Tuesday night’s clash with Stevenage as he recovers from a knee injury.
The forward missed Saturday’s 1-0 victory at Port Vale, with Dan Nlundulu partnering Dion Charles in attack.
Ian Evatt is confident Adeboyejo will be back for Saturday’s clash with Carlisle as Wanderers’ busy League One schedule continues.
“There are no further injuries and Victor has made good progress over the weekend, his knee seems to have settled very well,” the manager explained.
“It is borderline whether he is available tomorrow but he will certainly be available for Saturday.”
George Thomason is back in contention after serving a one-match ban but Gethin Jones remains suspended following his sending off against Peterborough.
Wanderers have been light in numbers over the past couple of weeks, but Evatt felt there were plenty of positive signs from their first-half display at Vale Park.
“Football is all about opportunity, but we have to turn opportunity into reality,” he continued.
“That is really the key message, that we have to go out there and perform as we did in the first half on Saturday.
“That was exceptional, probably the best I have seen since I have been at the club, in terms of our build up and incisiveness.
“We just need to score more goals. Obviously, the second half was a little bit more disappointing for a number of reasons. We need to replicate that first half for longer spells and as consistently as we can.”
The Whites have tended to finish games strongly under Evatt but have made a habit of starting quickly this term.
“No-one performance is ever the same, every game throws different challenges,” said the boss. “Our record so far this season has kind of been a reverse of what it has been since I’ve been at the club.
“We have been exceptional first half and seem to have dipped second half. It is almost like the score is affecting our second-half performances.
“We have been in the lead a lot in the first half this season, which then translates into us trying to protect leads rather than gain them, which is what we’ve been trying to do historically.
“I think it is about mindset – on Saturday we tried to see the game out rather than keep going and sniffing blood, although we did have great opportunities to score again on the counter attack.
“I think if we had have done that, the game would have opened up and we could have won a lot more comfortably.
“But credit to the opposition, they put us under it second half without really creating too much, which is great credit to the way we defended the box.”
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