Leicester boss Nigel Pearson has been handed a double boost ahead of Saturday's Championship clash with Ipswich at the King Power Stadium.
Jamie Vardy and Paul Konchesky both returned to training on Thursday and could be in line to face the Tractor Boys.
Striker Vardy had been struggling to shake off a knock while left-back Konchesky had been nursing a hamstring problem.
David Nugent is expected to be fit despite being withdrawn against Nottingham Forest last weekend after suffering a neck injury.
Defender Sean St Ledger remains sidelined with a hamstring problem while loanee Michael Keane has returned to parent club Manchester United for treatment on a hamstring injury also.
Fit-again midfielder Richie Wellens, who has just returned from a loan spell at Portman Road, may well face his former club where he was sent to gain some valuable match-fitness after a long-term knee injury.
Ipswich, meanwhile, could hand debuts to Bradley Orr and Kelly Youga.
Orr arrived on loan from Blackburn this week along with fellow defender Youga, who has penned on a short-term deal until January.
Wide man Lee Martin is also back in contention having served his one-match suspension in last weekend's 2-1 win over Burnley.
Back-up goalkeeper Scott Loach will be assessed having sustained a dead leg during a Suffolk Premier Cup match in midweek.
Striker Paul Taylor (foot) is likely to miss the rest of the campaign.
Mancini claims he has no intention of making any additions to his squad in the forthcoming January transfer window.
The Italian's comments come after Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers also rubbished suggestions Uruguay striker Suarez could make a ?50million switch to the Etihad Stadium.
Mancini, tiring of recurring speculation surrounding the club or his future, said: "It is not true, I don't know.
"For two weeks we talk about Monaco, after (Pep) Guardiola, after another manager, now Suarez, now Mario (Balotelli).
"We have a good team and we don't need to buy another player in January.
"We can't buy Suarez or another player because we have four strikers and Suarez plays for Liverpool."
Mancini was speaking at a regular press conference to preview this weekend's Barclays Premier League clash against Aston Villa.
It was the first time he had addressed the full media having missed press conferences before and after last Saturday's game against Tottenham.
First-team coach David Platt spoke on his behalf on those occasions and Mancini joked about that as he walked into the room wearing a mask of the former England international.
"Do you prefer David or me?" he asked, before removing the Platt mask.
Mancini lost his temper after being asked questions about recent reports linking him with Monaco at a press conference last week, but he has clearly not lost his sense of humour.
Mancini also revealed that he dropped striker Balotelli from his squad to face Spurs last weekend because of disappointing performances in training.
Balotelli watched the 2-1 win from the stands after not even being included on the bench.
Mancini said: "Mario didn't play because it was my choice. I have 20 players and if there are some players that don't work well, they don't deserve to play.
"There were other players that worked better than Mario and they deserve to go on the bench."
