Sheffield Wednesday will be without key man Max Lowe for a medium-term period after manager Dave Challinor confirmed he had suffered a recurrence of an injury following Sunday’s FA Cup defeat at Oldham Athletic.

The influential left-back came on and spun the momentum of the clash at Boundary Park but will miss four to six weeks of action. He joins a number of senior players waiting on the treatment table including Reece James - meaning Challinor’s early days changing room will be without an out-and-out senior left-back for the next few weeks. James is expected to be back sometime in mid-December. Number two goalkeeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer will also miss out having picked up a knock to the head on Sunday.

Speaking after a 4-0 EFL Trophy defeat to Accrington Stanley, Challinor said on injuries arising from the trip to Boundary Park: “Most of the stuff was cramp to be honest. Jamal (Lowe) was cramp and Dish (Bernard) as you can imagine after playing 120 minutes was like a tin man on Monday, Tuesday. Davo (Keillor-Dunn) had a bit of cramp, Yan (Valery) came off with some cramp.

“Ash (Maynard-Brewer) obviously got a bit of a whack. He's fine, probably misses the weekend and we end up doing some back involved early part of next week, Monday, Tuesday.

“Max has got a recurrence of the injury he had earlier in the season so he's going to be out for a period, probably maybe four to six weeks. Which is disappointing because you saw the impact and the profile of him in terms of what we want to try and do in possession. So that's disappointing for everybody but something that we'll have to deal with.”

Lowe and Maynard-Brewer join the likes of Mason Burstow, Joe Lumley, Ashley Maynard-Brewer and Billy Mitchell on the unavailability list for the weekend’s visit of Plymouth Argyle. Jordi Liongola and Kieran Morrison are away on international duty, while Tyler Onyango is a long-term absentee. Further players are missing. Louie Barry may be back soon.