Kilmarnock manager Alex Dyer has re-signed Kirk Broadfoot ahead of the visit of Ross County to Rugby Park.
Striker Innes Cameron and Adam Frizzell are both out with existing knee problems.
Midfielder Iain Wilson has clinched a loan move to Queen of the South.
Ross County have no fresh injury problems.
Callum Morris is working his way back from injury while Tom Grivosti has been having further tests on a foot problem.
Ross Stewart and Michael Gardyne remain out with hamstring injuries.
Kilmarnock provisional squad: Branescu, O’Donnell, Hamalainen, Broadfoot, Johnson, Bruce, Del Fabro, Dicker, El Makrini, Brophy, McKenzie, Bunn, Burke, St Clair, Kiltie, Kabamba, Hendrie, Koprivec.
Ross County provisional squad: Baxter, Foster, Fraser, Fontaine, Kelly, Donaldson, Watson, Cowie, Spittal, Paton, Chalmers, Mullin, Tillson, McKay, Erwin, Vigurs, Spence, Shaw, Laidlaw.
