Jordan Cousins has travelled with the Charlton squad ahead of their Championship clash with Preston tonight, News Shopper can confirm.

The midfielder is in contention to feature at Deepdale after missing the 3-0 defeat to Fulham at the weekend.

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Cousins, 21, was ruled out of the trip to Craven Cottage after picking up an injury during the goalless draw with Cardiff.

Jose Riga was hoping the academy graduate would play a part at Fulham but the fixture came too soon for Cousins, who only returned to first-team training on Thursday.

But the Greenwich-born star could feature against Preston, who have climbed to 10th in the league after losing just one of their last nine league games.

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If Cousins is ruled out once again, however, he would be expected to return to first-team action when Reading travel to the Valley on Saturday.

Charlton face Preston searching for their first win since the 4-1 thrashing at Rotherham on 30 January.

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