Watford will have striker Mamadou Doumbia back for Tuesday's vital game against play-off hopefuls Wrexham at Vicarage Road.
Doumbia has completed a three-match ban imposed after a clash with Ipswich's Dara O'Shea was caught on video, although it was not seen on the night by officials.
The Hornets are in 10th place, four places and eight points adrift of their Welsh opponents, and are in urgent need of victory to close that gap.
Doumbia says he found having to watch from the sidelines hard.
"I am young, and sometimes you make a mistake. But, if you make a mistake, you have to put your head up and try to look forward," he told the club's website.
The 20-year-old scored against Wrexham in a 2-2 draw in December but added: "That's the past – now this game is the most important. We have to play with confidence and show character. We have just nine more games, and we have to try to win as many as we can."
Watford boss Ed Still has called on his team to "push harder" following Saturday's 3-1 loss at Stoke City.
He told BBC Three Counties Radio: "I'm fairly stable. Things are never as good as they seem when you're winning and on a good run, and things are never as bad as they seem on the back of a defeat, only the second defeat in six games.
"We're going to turn up at The Vic on Tuesday and just go for it."
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