Tom Pearce and Chey Dunkley will be considered for selection for Chesterfield’s match against Shrewsbury Town this weekend.

The Spireites climbed two places to sixth on Tuesday night after beating Colchester United 3-0 thanks to goals from Will Grigg, Dilan Markanday and Lee Bonis. This Saturday they host League Two’s in-form team, who have won five out of their last six to move well clear of the relegation zone.

There were some surprises in the starting line-up in the midweek victory with Malik Owolabi-Belewu, normally a centre-half, handed his debut at left-back in place of the fatigued Pearce, while Kyle McFadzean also came into the backline to give Dunkley a breather.

Pearce was feeling tiredness in his hamstrings after a run of games since signing in January and he was left out of the squad completely, as was Dunkley, but they could both come back in for the visit of the Shrews.

"Both fit and available,” Paul Cook replied when asked about Pearce and Dunkley ahead of the game. “So we have got such a strong pool of players, a really good squad, probably the best squad we have had since I have been back at the club. All is good with the depth of the squad and we have got to make sure we deliver tomorrow if possible.”

Interestingly, Cook said he is picking the team on a match-by-match basis depending on the opposition and that just because they recorded a handsome victory against Colchester last time out, that does not mean there won’t be any changes this weekend.

He explained: “At the minute now, as I think people know, we are just picking teams now to win games and what we think is the right team for that game. We have got to win games if we want to be where we want to be and the brutal truth of that is that that might see changes after wins. Whether that does or does not happen remains to be seen.”

Shrewsbury have jumped the league since the appointment of Gavin Cowan from Brackley Town, beating Notts County and Swindon Town, and winning on the road at Accrington Stanley and Salford City, although they did lose 2-1 at home to Walsall last time out.

"It will be a totally different game than Tuesday night and equally as difficult, if not more,” Cook said. “We are walking into a ridiculously tough game. I think Gavn has come in with his own style. I think they have low possession, possibly the lowest in the division at the minute. The xG for teams against them, no team has gone above one, which means they give up very few chances. And his record to date as manager would have them top of the league. The key message tomorrow is patience and belief.”