Bambo Diaby serves the first game of a three-match ban when Wednesday travel to Preston on Friday evening.
Diaby got a straight red card following a clash at the final whistle with Coventry’s Liam Kitching on Boxing Day.
Callum Paterson will also miss the Deepdale trip after suffering a head injury in the Coventry defeat.
We go into the Preston match trying to halt a run of three defeats in the last four games, seeing us slip back to nine points from safety.