Barnsley vs Crewe Alexandra - Trio set to miss Barnsley's home encounter with Crewe

Barnsley will be robbed of three players over the international weekend when they host Crewe at Oakwell.

Conor Wilkinson, Simeon Jackson and Dan Crowley are all unavailable to boss Lee Johnson having been called up by the Republic of Ireland Under-21s, Canada and England Under-19s respectively.

Ryan Williams (groin) is expected to return to training in the next seven to 10 days while Joe Rothwell will have an operation to remove his tonsils later this month and is set to be unavailable until December.

The Tykes' midweek clash with Bradford was called off because of a waterlogged pitch so Johnson's squad have had time to overcome knocks.

Crewe will travel to South Yorkshire without four of their squad due to international commitments.

Striker Marcus Haber scored in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy clash with Wigan on Tuesday but has now linked up with Canada, loanee Stephen Kingsley has gone away with Scotland Under-21s and Harry Wilson and Callum Saunders are both in the Wales Under-21s squad.

Defender George Ray was taken to hospital on Tuesday night after being knocked out and while the Alex are waiting to determine the extent of the problem, it is highly unlikely he would feature.

The Railwaymen's injury list already includes Harry Davis (knee), James Jones (shoulder), Billy Bingham (hamstring) and Dave Richards (foot).