Sheffield Wednesday defender, Dominic Iorfa, is the latest Owl to be struck down by injury, with the defender set for weeks on the sidelines.

Wednesday are in the midst of an injury nightmare at present, with Henrik Pedersen barely having any senior players to call upon as the club continues to fulfil their fixture obligations. This weekend they play host to Brentford in the FA Cup as they’re given a brief reprieve from Championship action, but the threadbare nature of the Dane’s side means that he remains limited in terms of his rotation options.

Sheffield Wednesday have lost Dominic Iorfa to injury

They had been looking to manage Iorfa’s load, hence the decision to take him off against Queens Park Rangers, but their attempts appear to have been in vain after Pedersen confirmed that he now faces a lengthy spell out with a groin injury. The Owls boss also confirmed that Harry Amass is no long with them, having returned to Manchester United after his loan spell came to an end.

“Dom is out with his groin for four to six weeks,” he explained. “That’s the latest one… There’s also not really anybody close to returning, the first one will probably be one or two back for the Wrexham game or the game after Wrexham.

“The training pitches have been frozen, so yesterday we were on the artificial pitch. But some players are no allowed to play on there because of the insurance, others can’t play on there because of their bodies. So it was a small group yesterday, and today we have trained at the stadium so we could be on grass as part of our preparation. We now have a smaller squad than QPR, so let’s see.”

Wednesday named just three senior players in their starting XI as they were beaten by QPR over the weekend, with Iorfa, Barry Bannan and Jamal Lowe the only ones who started, but at least one of them will now have to miss out in the coming games as well. The Owls are not expecting anybody to return for any of the next four fixtures at the earliest.