Hughes incurred the ban after receiving his 10th booking of the season at Port Vale a fortnight ago and sat out last weekend's 2-0 victory over Walsall.

The 30-year-old will also miss tomorrow's clash with Brighton at Elland Road, returning to contention for next Tuesday's important Yorkshire derby with Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Hughes, along with Alan Thompson, are the only members of Gary McAllister's squad who are unavailable this weekend, but despite his wide range of options, United's manager is expected to name an unchanged side to face Albion.

Jonathan Douglas made his first appearance for almost three months as a substitute last Saturday and featured for the reserves against Lincoln City on Wednesday night.

He is likely to be named on the bench again tomorrow.

Leeds have avoided any uncertainty over the condition of Lubomir Michalik, who has trained with the squad at Thorp Arch this week.

Michalik was originally due to fly to Sofia for Wednesday's friendly between Bulgaria and Slovakia, but the centre-back was left out of Slovakia's final squad.

Sebastian Sorsa was also spared from international duty with Finland at late notice and McAllister is hoping that Tresor Kandol will return from Congo's friendly with Algeria in peak condition.

Ian Westlake is currently on loan at Brighton from Elland Road, but the midfielder has been prevented from playing against his parent club by the terms of his contract at the Withdean Stadium.

United (from): Ankergren, Kenton, Richardson, Michalik, Marques, Huntington, Sheehan, Kilkenny, Prutton, Howson, Johnson, Douglas, Sweeney, Carole, Sorsa, Beckford, Freedman, Kandol, Elding, Lucas.