Martin Taylor and Stephen McGinn remain the only absentees for the Hornets going into tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) televised home game with Reading.

The pair are both closing in on a return to the first team plans but are still not ready, with Taylor suffering a minor setback during a friendly this week.

Reading have enjoyed a successful campaign so far and sit in fifth place but they have lost their last two matches, against Stevenage and Cardiff City.

Dyche said: “They obviously had a result which they won’t be happy with, going out of the FA Cup to Stevenage, but we are not worried about a potential backlash, we just need to be aware of it.

“I expect it to be a competitive game. We are aware of what Reading are capable of but we will concentrate on ourselves.”

Kick-off on Saturday is 5.20pm as the game is being shown on Sky Sports 2.