Town have made five changes for this afternoon’s game at Sheffield Wednesday, while Jaden Philogene returns to the bench for the first time since suffering his MCL injury in the Blackburn game in mid-January.

Ben Johnson comes in for the suspended Leif Davis at left-back and Jacob Greaves takes over from Cedric Kipre, also banned, at left centre-half.

Dan Neil replaces Jack Taylor in midfield alongside Azor Matusiwa, who is OK to start despite being subbed with a hamstring injury during the 3-3 draw at Stoke on Tuesday.

Sindre Walle Egeli comes back wide on the right and ex-Owl George Hirst is at centre-forward with Wes Burns and Ivan Azon dropping to the bench alongside Taylor, Philogene and Elkan Baggott, among the subs for the first team for the second time this season.

Matusiwa, right-back Darnell Furlong and forward Anis Mehmeti all go into the afternoon on nine yellow cards with a 10th leading to a two-game ban but with today’s fixture the cut-off with 15 triggering a suspension of three matches from now on.

Sheffield Wednesday make one change from the team which drew 1-1 at home to Watford on Tuesday with former Blues loanee Dominic Iorfa coming into the defence.

Nathaniel Chalobah, brother of one-time Town loanee Trevoh, is back on the bench after injury.

Sheffield Wednesday: Charles, Fusire, Palmer (c), Iorfa, Otegbayo, Adaramola, Heskey, Thornton, Ingelsson, Lowe, Yates. Subs: Stretch, McGhee, Emery, Johnson, Chalobah, Nakamba, Ndala, Grainger, Moses.

Town: Walton, Furlong, O’Shea (c), Greaves, Johnson, Matusiwa, Neil, Walle Egeli, Mehmeti, J Clarke, Hirst. Subs: Palmer, Baggott, Cajuste, Taylor, Burns, McAteer, Philogene, Akpom, Azon. Referee: Tom Reeves (Birmingham).

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