Taylor suffered a heavy knock to his shoulder during the Cats’ loss to Collingwood a fortnight ago and missed last Saturday’s 101-point win over the Western Bulldogs as a result.
He has now recovered from the problem, while Corey, who’s had an injury-plagued season, has shaken off a calf complaint.
Youngsters Taylor Hunt and Daniel Menzel are expected to make way for the returning duo.
However, Ling’s fitness remains a concern, with the veteran tagger battling to overcome hamstring soreness.
“It’s a very close call for him to play this week,” Cats coach Mark Thompson said at Skilled Stadium on Wednesday.
“He’ll miss one more, then he’ll be back for the last game [before the finals].”
Thompson refuted claims from Channel 10 commentator Robert Walls that Ling is no longer in Geelong’s best 22 players.
“He’s had a pretty good year, Lingy,” he said.
“There are times when he gets exposed, because if the team plays poorly then it’s easy for his opponent to get into the game.
“I think he’s had a great year and he’s been an exceptional leader and he’ll definitely be in our best 22 [in the finals].”
Lonergan missed the victory over the Bulldogs after copping a dose of the flu and he’s struggling to shake it off.
“He’s got to get through a fitness test,” Thompson said.
Three other star Geelong players, Brad Ottens, Joel Selwood and Jimmy Bartel, have also come down with the flu, but they are not in doubt for the meeting with the Blues.
“Maybe we caught it off the Dogs,” Thompson joked.
The Cats coach also shrugged off concerns over the fitness of ruckman Mark Blake, who withdrew from the club’s VFL team last weekend due to a hamstring injury.
Thompson said if Ottens was still not 100 per cent later in the week then Blake was in a position to be recalled.
Carlton has beaten Geelong on the past two occasions the sides have met.
When they did battle earlier this season the Blues won by 36 points thanks to seven goals from their small forwards, Chris Yarran, Eddie Betts and Jeff Garlett.
“I think the thing about the little fellas is that they’ve been getting the ball running back towards goal and have opened us up that way,” Thompson explained.
“We’re going to try and make it hard for Carlton to kick the ball over our heads.
“Hopefully we’ll have a better structure in place so our defenders don’t get turned around.”
