However, winger Bobby Convey (knee) and striker Dave Kitson (appendix operation) remain sidelined.
Blackburn's Andy Todd is set to recover from an ankle injury but defenders Stephane Henchoz (ineligible) and Zurab Khizanishvili (groin) are out.
Midfielder Brett Emerton is also expected to be sidelined with a hamstring strain.
Reading (from): Hahnemann, Murty, Bikey, de la Cruz, Gunnarsson, Sonko, Ingimarsson, Shorey, Oster, Little, Sidwell, Harper, Hunt, Doyle, Lita, Seol, Long.
Blackburn (from): Friedel, Neill, Ooijer, Todd, Gray, McEveley, Bentley, Savage, Tugay, Pedersen, Nonda, McCarthy, Derbyshire, Brown, Mokoena, Gallagher, Peter, Nolan.
"I look at their squad and think that their time will come.
"They have too many good players for them to be where they are and I'm sure they will, with time, climb their way up the table."
"Winning against AS Nancy in midweek and the good performance in the second half against Newcastle bodes well for a hard game against Reading.
"We've got a big period coming up, some difficult games against good opposition.
"But there are other matches where we feel we have a real chance to get points on the board. I've no worries, we're a good team."