Louis Moult’s return to action at Motherwell could come against Hearts in the cinch Premiership game at Fir Park on Sunday

The 30-year-old striker, who played for the Steelmen between 2015 and 2018, signed on a season-long loan deal from Burton at the start of the month but has yet to feature.

Left-backs Nathan McGinley and Jake Carroll are long-term absentees.

German midfielder Orestis Kiomourtzoglou could make his Hearts debut after being granted a work permit.

Craig Halkett will drop out again after aggravating a hamstring injury on his attempted comeback against RFS in Latvia on Thursday.

Liam Boyce (knee), Beni Baningime (knee) and Kye Rowles (foot) are all out.