GARETH Taylor will return to the Clarets line-up for tomorrow's home clash with Sheffield Wednesday and will be hoping to repeat his opening day salvo.

Former Sheffield United striker Taylor opened Burnley's account for the season with a textbook header as the Clarets put on their Sunday best to win in front of the television cameras at Hillsborough in August.

The Welsh international returns after an ankle injury and Turf Moor boss Stan Ternent is confident that Taylor will make a difference as the Clarets seek their first league win in four outings.

"We've no suspensions but the injury situation hasn't changed much apart from the fact that Gareth is back," explained Ternent.

"Glen Little, Steve Davis, Paul Weller and the others are still missing, but we have Gareth back, he'll start and he gives us something else.

"He provides an aerial threat and he takes a lot of weight off Ian Moore so obviously we are really pleased that he is fit again."

While the Clarets may have taken three points off a Peter Shreeves-led Wednesday side at Hillsborough as Paul Cook's penalty sealed a 2-0 success, Ternent was not expecting an easy ride.

They may be struggling in the League but face a Worthington Cup second round clash with Burnley's neighbours Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday night at Ewood.

"There have been a lot of changes at Sheffield Wednesday since we last played them," said Ternent.

"Terry Yorath is there now, and Willie Donachie who is a good coach is there, so we know that we will be in for a hard game.

"They have shown in the Worthington Cup what they can do and they have a lot of good players -- some very experienced players.

"We will have to be at our best and we expect a good match."

And Ternent is not overly bothered that the fixture format has led to his side, inactive twice over the holiday period due to postponements, go into the game in fourth place having slipped down the rankings as Wolves and Millwall have overhauled them.

"We have dropped a couple of places, but then we missed a couple of games," said Ternent.

"But that doesn't matter, what matters is that the prizes are handed out at the end of the season when everyone has played 46 games.

"We are doing well enough, we got a point from a difficult away game at Wimbledon last week and we will look to kick on from there."

Wednesday come to Turf Moor with injury problems of their own as Owen Morrison's return to action after his calf strain was cut short as he was stretchered off midway through the first-half of this reserve team outing at home to Sunderland in midweek.

However, there was no major damage and he could be availabile for selection for the trip to Turf Moor. Left full-back Andy Hinchcliffe is out and is to see a specialist to assess the extent of a knee injury.

The England defender is likely to be out of action for at least six weeks, after he was forced to exit Saturday's League match with Crewe after just 17 minutes.

And Ian Hendon is to see a second specialist over his shin problem and will not travel.