Arca was named in the starting line-up for Tuesday night's 2-2 second-string draw with Hull.

The 27-year-old Argentinian played the first half of the game, but will do well to make the bench for Saturday's short Premier League trip to former club Sunderland in the lunchtime kick-off.

David Wheater has recovered from the bout of tonsilitis which kept him out of the 2-1 defeat at Portsmouth last weekend, while summer signings Didier Digard and Marvin Emnes have shaken off thigh injuries and Mohamed Shawky is back in training after damaging a hamstring.