Blackpool boss Ian Holloway will be without a handful of players when his side host Reading.

Defender Rob Edwards is suspended after being sent off for the second time this year in Tuesday's 2-0 home win over Middlesbrough.

Danny Coid (hamstring), Daniel Nardiello (groin), Neal Eardley (knee) and Billy Clarke (knee) all remain sidelined through injury.

The Seasiders are in buoyant mood after ending a run of three successive defeats with victory over Boro in midweek.

Holloway has now challenged his men to continue their push for a coveted play-off spot with victory against the lowly Royals.

He said: "We need to keep going if we're going to have a good season and that's what I've been saying all along."

Reading could have captain Ivar Ingimarsson back in the starting line-up.

Ingimarsson, 32, was rested by manager Brian McDermott for the midweek trip to take on Crystal Palace and saw his team-mates pick up a vital 3-1 win at Selhurst Park.

That was the Royals' fourth straight league win under McDermott and lifted them above Ipswich and out of the Championship relegation zone.

Striker Shane Long will be absent as he serves the of a four-game ban but replacement Simon Church will continue to lead the line after firing a brace at Palace.

Marek Matejovsky (abdomen) and Noel Hunt (knee) remain sidelined but Gylfi Sigurdsson made a return from a foot injury as a substitute at Selhurst Park and may come into the starting XI.