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Carling Cup
19:(GMT) August 24, 2011
Ewood Park, England
Gael Givet has recovered from illness and will make his first appearance of the period for Blackburn.
Goalkeeper Mark Bunn, defender Bruno Ribeiro and midfielders Radosav Petrovic and Jason Lowe are also likely to begin the cup tie.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Gary Megson is place to ring the changes.
Skipper Rob Jones is prepared to return to action after suffering a broken nose in last week's defeat to Bury, but he is unlikely to be involved.
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# Sheffield Wednesday direct the head-to-head standings by 53 wins to 51, with 35 of the 139 matches against Blackburn ending all square.
# Their most current meetings were in the League Cup semi-final in January 2002, which Blackburn won 6-3 on aggregate.
# It was the second time they had clashed in the most recent four in the competition. The Owls won 6-3 on aggregate in 1993.
Blackburn Rovers
# The 2002 winners were last knocked out at this second-round phase in September 2004.
# Since then, Manchester United (twice), Arsenal and Chelsea have ended their concern in the competition, as have Aston Villa in each of the last two seasons.
# They have mislaid both their opening Premier League games.
Sheffield Wednesday
# The 1991 winners put out Blackpool in the first round; one of seven lower-league clubs to release Championship opposition.
# Since appearing in the semi-finals in 2002, they have been knocked out in the second round five times, and qualified for the third round one time.
# They have not ousted a Premier League club since Aston Villa in the fourth round in November 2001.
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