Swansea City face Sheffield Wednesday in a Sky Bet Championship clash at Swansea.com Stadium.
Victory or a draw will lift Swansea up to 15th until Monday evening at minimum, whilst Sheffield Wednesday remain rock bottom irrespective of the result.
Team News
Melker Widell is a doubt for Swansea after he missed their victory at Watford due to a quad injury.
Leo Walta could make his debut following his deadline-day arrival on loan from Sirius.
Adam Idah (hamstring) and Zeidane Inoussa (back) remain absent.
Sheffield Wednesday could welcome Ike Ugbo back following his recovery from a hamstring injury.
Marvelous Nakamba is set for his debut following his free transfer from Luton Town on deadline day, whilst Tayo Adaramola and Joel Ndala have joined on loan from Crystal Palace and Manchester City respectively.
George Brown (foot), Guilherme Siqueira (Achilles), Di’Shon Bernard (knee) and Ernie Weaver (foot) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Swansea host Sheffield Wednesday at Swansea.com Stadium on Sunday 8 February at 12:01pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Swansea have lost one of their last nine league meetings against Sheffield Wednesday (W4, D4, L1).
- Sheffield Wednesday have won one of their last seven league visits to Swansea (W1, D3, L3).
- Swansea haven’t lost consecutive home matches against Sheffield Wednesday this century, having last done so in September 1980 and August 1983 respectively.
- Zan Vipotnik has scored three goals in Swansea’s last two home games (W1, D1).
- Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 13 goals without reply in their last seven league matches (L7).
Prediction
Currently sat firmly mid-table with a seven-point gap to the drop but eight points away from the last play-off spot, Swansea simply need to just focus on their game as safety is surely their priority at this moment, but they will view this as winnable if play as clinically as they did at Watford.
Sheffield Wednesday meanwhile are pretty much all but mathematically relegated now so their games are just free hits with one eye on preparations for next season, but they need to bring far more attacking quality if want a rare win after lacklustre 1-0 defeats to Wrexham and Blackburn in the past week.
There is however no doubt that their defensive play has improved but this is really Swansea’s win to throw away.
Prediction: Swansea 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Result: Swansea 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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