Ben Thatcher and Bryan Hughes could also be involved after recent absences from the Addicks line-up.
Reading will be without Michael Duberry after suffering blurred vision in his accidental clash of heads with Ivar Ingimarsson against Liverpool.
Glen Little is out with an Achilles injury and joins Ibrahima Sonko and Bobby Convey on the sidelines.
Charlton (from): Carson, Randolph, Young, El Karkouri, Diawara, Thatcher, Hreidarsson, Zheng, Song, Faye, Holland, Hughes, Ambrose, Thomas, Rommedahl, Marcus Bent, Darren Bent, Lisbie, Bougherra.
Reading (from): Hahnemann, Federici, Halford, Ingimarsson, Bikey, Shorey, Oster, Seol, Sidwell, Harper, Hunt, Kitson, Lita, Doyle, Long, de la Cruz, Gunnarsson, Bennett, Murty.