Rudi Skacel is unlikely to be included when Hearts travel to Inverness in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
The Czech Republic international returned to Hearts yesterday on a one-year deal, having left in 2006, but requires training having been without a club.
Lee Wallace is out for at least three months with a knee injury, Marius Zaliukas remains sidelined by a contract dispute and a knee problem and Dawid Kucharski has a calf strain, while Stephen Elliott (hamstring) and Andrew Driver (knee) remain absent.
Source: PA