Hamann, who will be joined in the team by his compatriot Markus Babbel, has not started a first team match since he was substituted at half-time against Sunderland in December.
The Team in full
1 Pegguy Arphexad
2 Jon Otsemobor
3 Stephen Warnock
4 Salif Diao
5 Igor Biscan
6 Markus Babbel
7 John Welsh
8 Dietmar Hamann
9 Neil Mellor
10 Robbie Foy
11 Michael Foley
Subs from:-
12 Stephen Vaughan
13 Patrice Luzi
14 Zak Whitbread
15 Mark Peers
16 Andrew Wright
17 Stephen McNulty