He took the knock at Sheff Utd last week and only played 45 mins in midweek.
Dave Kitson is still some time away from being ready to return. He's headed off to Leicester for an injection to halp speed up his slow recovery from an opening day knee injury.
Man Utd may have Edwin Van Der Sar and Mikael Silvestre available but no Ryan Giggs. The Welsh winger is still injured. Never mind, they still have Carrick, Rooney, Ronaldo, Scholes, Ferdinand, etc etc etc.
Utd come to Reading after losing their 100% record last weekend when Arsenal won at Old Trafford.