Sheffield Wednesday host promotion-chasing Sunderland as both teams look to bounce back from defeats.
Victory will lift the Owls up to tenth in the table, whilst Sunderland will stay fourth regardless of the result.
Team News
Sheffield Wednesday could be without Ibrahim Cissoko and Michael Smith plus unnamed players due to illness issues in the squad.
Di’Shon Bernard (knee), Dominic Iofra (hamstring) and Akin Famewo (muscle) remain absent.
Sunderland will be without Enzo Le Fee and Dan Ballard after the pair suffered hamstring injuries in the Black Cats’ loss to Hull.
Tommy Watson (knee/ankle) could return but Ahmed Abdullahi (groin), Aji Alese and Niall Huggins (both knee) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Sheffield Wednesday host Sunderland at Hillsborough on Friday 28 February at 8pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Sheffield Wednesday have won two of their last five regular-season league meetings against Sunderland (W2, L3)
- Sunderland are unbeaten in four of their last five regular-season league trips to Sheffield Wednesday (W3, D1, L1).
- The Black Cats have kept clean sheets in two of their last three meetings against Sheffield Wednesday (W2, L1).
- Sheffield Wednesday are looking to avoid suffering three consecutive league defeats for the second time this season, having first done so in August 2024.
- Wilson Isidor has scored in each of Sunderland’s last two away games (W1, L1).
Prediction
Off the back of their wasteful performance in their loss at Burnley despite producing more shots, Sheffield Wednesday just need to reset now and try to get their play-off push back on track because the table is now too close for them to be slipping up any more.
Sunderland meanwhile got lucky that Sheffield United lost to Leeds otherwise automatic promotion would be a huge ask, but they’re still eight points behind the Blades and now must be much better defensively if they want to put their losses to Leeds and Hull behind them.
The Owls’ injury and illness crisis therefore might have just come at an ideal time for Sunderland who should really bounce back in this sort of game, especially want to put pressure on the Blades and Burnley.
Prediction: Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Sunderland
Result: Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Sunderland