Brighton right-back Andrew Whing has a golden opportunity to return to the starting XI against Southampton on Sunday.
Whing makes his comeback from a hernia operation on Tuesday evening in the reserve team match with Millwall. If he comes through unscathed then he may return to the Albion defence for the clash at St Mary's.
On-loan Arsenal defender Justin Hoyte had spent the last month in the role but his sending off against Wycombe at the weekend rules him out of the Saints match - the final game of his loan spell.