Sheffield Wednesday squad revealed for Charlton Athletic as key duo remain absent

Play-off chasing Sheffield Wednesday will be without two of their best attacking players when they welcome Charlton Athletic to Hillsborough this afternoon.

Top-scorer Lee Gregory and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing are still unavailable for first-team duty. Gregory has not featured since suffering a foot injury against Oxford United last month while Mendez-Laing picked up a hamstring problem in the South Yorkshire derby with Rotherham United.

Boss Darren Moore said Gregory "needs a little bit more time" to regain his match sharpness.

"He had a little bit of a setback," admitted Moore. "Greggers being Greggers just wanted to get out and play.

"But we’ve overcome that now and we’re in a stage where we’re trying a little bit more each day, we’ve done the same today and will do the same over the weekend.

"Provided he gets no reaction from it each and every day we’ll keep on. He’s just at that stage. He’s nearly there, but this is the most crucial part.

"He has come this far so if it’s a case of him just taking a few more days then we’ll take them."

As for Mendez-Laing, Moore refused to put an exact timescale on when the forward will return to action. Mendez-Laing has performed well since joining on a free transfer last November.

Cult hero Sam Hutchinson and Lewis Gibson are expected to be included in the matchday squad but Chey Dunkley is unlikely to be considered for selection.

Wednesday are still missing a string of first-team players due to injury, including Harlee Dean (Calf), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (ankle), Olamide Shodipo (hamstring), Tyreece John-Jules (quad) and Josh Windass (hamstring).

Moore, whose side have won five out of their last six matches, said: "We have to continue what we are doing and we feel we have had a good run