Albion hope to have Will Buckley available for 90 minutes at Derby on Saturday.
The influential winger was restricted to the bench by hamstring stiffness but came on to grab a late equaliser in Tuesday's 1-1 home draw with Ipswich.
Boss Gus Poyet said: "It should be better. The time he didn't play the other day gives him the chance to recover better."
Right-back Bruno is a certain starter at Pride Park after recovering from groin trouble but Poyet says the return of midfielder Andrew Crofts from a hamstring injury is "still in the balance", raising doubts over whether he will be named in the Wales squad announced tomorrow.
Leading marksman Craig Mackail-Smith (hamstring) and long-time absentee Vicente (thigh) are expected to be back in full training after the international break.
Poyet said: "We've got him (Vicente) and Macca training a week on Monday with the team, or the Tuesday depending when we are in after the international weekend, which means I expect them next week both to have a very good week of running up and down the training ground!"
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