Hearts striker Uche Ikpeazu returns from a head injury for Saturday's Edinburgh derby.
Michael Smith also has a chance to be back for the visit of Hibernian after two months out with a thigh problem.
Full-backs Ben Garuccio and Demetri Mitchell and forward Steven Naismith are all out with knee injuries.
Speaking about the game, Craig Levein said: "It's very difficult to get as close as you can to the edge so you are competing to a very high level but not overstepping the mark.
"And my view on how these things are viewed by the compliance officer is that people in Scotland like to see competitive football, and this derby match will be competitive.
"And God forbid there will ever be a day where we take that out of this fixture.
"We just have to be careful that we don't sanitise the football so much in Scotland that it becomes what the supporters don't want to see.
"Scottish people like to see competitive edge in the games and I think the compliance officer at times is in a hurry to dilute that. I don't think it's necessary."
Predicted squad
Provisional squad:
*Zlamal,
*Smith,
*Godinho,
*Brandon,
*Berra,
*Souttar,
*Shaughnessy,
*Mulraney,
*Bozanic,
*Djoum,
*Lee,
*Clare,
*Haring,
*Ikpeazu,
*Morrison,
*Wighton,
*MacLean,
*Vanecek,
*Keena,
*Doyle.
