Latics face Rotherham United tomorrow night with a number of players missing from the first-team squad.
Jonson Clarke-Harris was dismissed against Preston North End on Saturday and will sit the game out, serving a one-match ban.David Worrall is ineligible to play against the side he is on loan from and James Dayton faces a race against time to recover from a slight knee injury.
With Genseric Kusunga and Anton Rodgers still sidelined with longer-term injuries, the manager faces selection headaches ahead of the game tomorrow night.