Midfielder Black suffered a bruised foot in last Saturday's 3-1 Clydesdale Bank Premier League win at Inverness and is Hearts' latest injury concern, with Lee Wallace (knee) and Marius Zaliukas (knee and contract dispute) still out.
Stephen Elliott is close to a return from a hamstring problem, but Dawid Kucharski (calf strain) and Andrew Driver (knee) remain absent.
Hearts (from): Kello, Barr, Bouzid, C Thomson, Black, Stevenson, Glen, Obua, Palazuelos, Templeton, Elliot, Elliott, Santana, Balogh, Kyle, Jonsson, Mrowiec, J Thomson, Robinson, Novikovas, Skacel.
