St Johnstone striker Brian Graham has been accused of diving to win his match-winning penalty against Inverness by the SFA compliance officer.
Graham has been offered a two-match ban for the incident which saw him go down as Caley Thistle goalkeeper Dean Brill slid in.
Graham, who converted the penalty himself to seal a 1-0 Scottish Premiership victory, was already due to miss his side's home clash with Dundee United on Saturday under the terms of his loan agreement and that fact could influence St Johnstone's decision on whether to challenge the ban before the deadline of 3pm on Christmas Eve.
Because of the holiday period, any hearing would not take place until next Tuesday and Graham would then also miss games against both Aberdeen and Hamilton if he was unsuccessful.
The club said they were considering their position on the matter.
James McFadden is set to replace Graham on Saturday after missing the visit of Inverness with a hamstring injury.
McFadden joined in training with his team-mates on Tuesday and manager Tommy Wright also expects midfielder Chris Millar to be fit after he went off with a muscle strain against Caley Thistle.
Wright said of McFadden: "As long as there is no reaction he will be okay for Saturday. We are really pleased with that. Obviously Brian can't play as part of the agreement.
"Chris Millar is not too bad and he will take part in full training on Wednesday. There was a concern because he tightened up but it settled down really quickly. We don't see any issues with him being available for Saturday."
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