Spaniard Jose Enrique is fit again but his defensive partner Fabricio Coloccini will only return to training on Thursday after a groin problem that has kept him out of recent matches.
Geremi, Zurab Khizinishvili and Jonas Gutierrez (who is set to play for Argentine in their World Cup crunch against Uruguay) are all away on international duty this week.
A live TV audience will be watching the game, which kicks off at 5:20pm.