De Silva took a nasty knock to his ankle following a challenge from Stephen Hunt and was stitched up at half time but today the ankle has swollen and it will keep him out of the game.
More breaking news from Oakwell is that loanee Simon Whaley has returned to Preston North End after his month's loan at Oakwell. Whaley played four games and the deflected effort against Burnley was his only goal in the Red of Barnsley.