Blackpool handed injury blow with midfielder set for scan- while another player is expected to be back to face Derby County

Matthew Pennington and Matty Virtue both dropped out of the 11 that overcame Reading at Bloomfield Road last week.

Following the 1-0 victory over the Tykes, Critchley explained why the pair were absent from the match- with one set to be fine for the midweek home game against Derby County.

“Matty Pennington has had a stiff back in the last couple of days,” he said.

"We were hoping he would be fine for the game.

"It was precautionary more than anything because we’ve got a lot of matches coming up.

"We expect him to be fine, hopefully we’ll have him on Tuesday.

"Matty Virtue is different- he pulled his hamstring in training.

"We will have to get that assessed and scanned to see how severe it is.

"We need the whole squad, we need every to be fit- which is why we played a game during the week.”