Sheffield Wednesday team news confirmed v Cheltenham Town as Dean and Mendez-Laing return

Darren Moore has named his Sheffield Wednesday side to take on mid-table Cheltenham Town. Moore has made two changes to his starting XI, handing recalls to Harlee Dean and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.

It is Dean's first start since he suffered a calf injury against Morecambe last month. He replaces Chey Dunkley in defence and play alongside Jordan Storey and Sam Hutchinson in the back three.

The other change sees Nathaniel Mendez-Laing come in up front. He gets the nod ahead of Callum Paterson and will partner Lee Gregory in attack.

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Captain Barry Bannan and Sam Hutchinson make their 300th and 200th appearances for Wednesday respectively.

Several senior players are ruled out through injury, Josh Windass, Lewis Gibson and Liam Palmer. Queens Park Rangers winger Olamide Shodipo is not yet ready to be considered for first-team selection.

The Owls sit in seventh position, a point outside of the play-offs. If they avoid defeat this afternoon, Moore's men will move back into the top-six.

The fixture gets underway at 3pm. You can follow live updates from Hillsborough Stadium and everything that happens on our matchday blog here.

Peacock-Farrell; Storey, Dean, Hutchinson; Hunt, Bannan, Luongo, Byers, Johnson; Gregory, Mendez-Laing. Substitutes: Wildsmith, Iorfa, Dunkley, Dele-Bashiru, Sow, Kamberi, Paterson.