New Sheffield Wednesday boss Dave Challinor says he is hopeful goalkeeper Joe Lumley will be available for Saturday's home match against Plymouth Argyle.

Speaking after his side's 4-0 defeat by Accrington Stanley in the EFL Trophy, in which Wednesday had already qualified to progress to the next round, Challinor confirmed Lumley is back in training having missed the past five league matches with a rib injury.

Lumley's return would be perfectly timed with back-up keeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer, who has deputised in his absence, picking up a shoulder injury during the second-half of Sunday's FA Cup defeat by Oldham and having to be replaced by Connal Trueman.

"Lummers [Lumley] is back involved, Coops [Liam Cooper] is back involved, Louie [Barry] has been back involved in training - whether the weekend comes too quick for him, I'm not too sure," Challinor told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"Lummers has ticked off everything he needs to tick off. He's very important for us.

"Billy Mitchell's been out in training as well so he comes into our thinking. So there's three or four there."

Challinor is without four players on international duty for the visit of Argyle on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

Jordi Liongola is away with Burundi, Sean Fusire is set to meet up with the Zimbabwe squad, Will Grainger has been selected for Wales U-19's while Kieran Morrison has been picked to represent Northern Ireland for their final Nations League games against Ukraine and Hungary.

The former Stockport boss is wary the challenge fifth-placed Plymouth pose in his first home league match in charge of the Owls.

Around 30,000 fans are expected to be in attendance and Challinor has labelled the match "huge" in his aim of making Hillsborough a fortress once more.

"Every successful team is built on what they do at their home stadium. We've got to make sure we keep the supporters involved in the game for as long as possible," Challinor said.

"Speaking to Tom [Cleverley, Argyle boss] when we [while Challinor was in charge of Stockport] played them last year, they went away from what they thought was the way to go and they went a little bit more risk-averse, direct.

"That got them on a really good run. They've continued that this year and have replaced key players really well. You know what you're going to get. They will be direct and will put balls in the box.

"I think they've got a really solid ownership group which have been consistent in how they act.

"The rewards have been good for them and they are one of the strongest teams in League One."