Preview: Sheffield Wednesday vs. Millwall - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to constrictive their three-point spread to the apical six successful the Championship table, Sheffield Wednesday volition invited Millwall to Hillsborough connected Saturday.

The visitors beryllium ninth aft a New Year's Day victory, portion their visitors were incapable to marque a winning commencement to beingness nether Alex Neil and beryllium 13th.

Match preview

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Sheffield Wednesday instrumentality to Hillsborough connected Saturday aiming to proceed a beardown commencement to 2025 and physique connected their pleasing Championship campaign, having moved into the playoff combat acknowledgment to an upturn successful signifier successful caller weeks.

A decision to Blackburn Rovers successful mid-December near the Owls connected 26 points from 20 league outings, and they person since kicked connected and added 10 much points to that tally successful 5 further attempts, opening with back-to-back triumphs implicit Oxford United and Stoke City earlier Christmas.

A travel to Middlesbrough past followed connected Boxing Day, and Danny Rohl's broadside overcame a 3-0 shortage to gully 3-3 acknowledgment to second-half goals from Svante Ingelsson, Josh Windass and Yan Valery, lone to past sojourn Preston North End connected Sunday and succumb to a 3-1 defeat.

Aiming to get backmost to winning ways and determination person to the apical six, the South Yorkshire outfit astir precocious hosted Derby County connected New Year's Day and took each 3 points from an eventful contest, initially going 3-0 up done Barry Bannan, Windass and Djeidi Gassama earlier Anthony Musaba enactment the crippled retired of show successful an eventual 4-2 triumph.

Now sitting ninth aft the halfway signifier of the campaign, Sheffield Wednesday volition purpose to support gathering momentum and proceed their ascent towards the playoff spots with different three-point haul connected Saturday.

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In their mode basal a visiting broadside who volition spell successful hunt of their archetypal points nether caller absorption astatine the 2nd clip of asking this weekend.

After moving into a beardown presumption astatine the apical extremity of the array with 4 consecutive victories crossed October and November, Millwall present beryllium 13th successful the Championship having lone picked up 1 triumph and 7 points from their past 10 outings.

Neil Harris departed successful mid-December connected the backmost of 3 consecutive defeats, and aft a mixed spell nether the impermanent attraction of David Livermore which produced a victory, a decision and a gully to extremity 2024, the Lions turned to Alex Neil to instrumentality imperishable charge.

His tenure began astatine location to Oxford United connected New Year's Day, but the London outfit came distant empty-handed arsenic Ruben Rodrigues netted the lone extremity astir the hr people successful a 1-0 distant win.

Now sitting 4 points extracurricular of the apical fractional and 7 down Saturday's hosts, Millwall volition anticipation to bounce backmost and extremity their pugnacious tally astatine the play with a archetypal triumph nether Neil.

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Team News

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Danny Rohl made rotations to his Sheffield Wednesday starting XI for their gathering with Derby County fixed the engaged schedule, and respective cardinal players should instrumentality for Saturday's contest, with Akin Famewo, Michael Ihiekwe and Olaf Kobacki acceptable to stay sidelined portion Marvin Johnson could besides miss retired aft picking up a sound connected New Year's Day.

Josh Windass volition instrumentality to the onslaught from the start, having scored from wrong his ain fractional against Derby County to marque it 5 consecutive league goals successful arsenic galore games and 10 for the play successful England's 2nd tier, a tally lone topped by 2 players.

Djeidi Gassama, Anthony Musaba, Michael Smith and Jamal Lowe volition besides vie for attacking spots, portion Nathaniel Chalobah volition anticipation to again articulation Shea Charles and Barry Bannan successful the midfield.

Millwall proceed to contend with respective wounded issues of their own, arsenic defenders Jake Cooper and Dan McNamara volition stay sidelined alongside attackers Josh Coburn and Aidomo Emakhu.

Alex Neil should tract a akin starting XI to his opening crippled connected New Year's Day, though Femi Azeez and Tom Bradshaw volition some vie to travel into the attacking lineup aft Romain Esse, Macaulay Langstaff and Duncan Watmore lined up successful enactment of Mihailo Ivanovic against Oxford United.

Casper De Norre and George Saville should proceed successful the motor country contempt contention from Ryan Wintle, portion Murray Wallace volition proceed to articulation cardinal antheral Japhet Tanganga successful the mediate of the defence successful Cooper's absence.

Sheffield Wednesday imaginable starting lineup:
Beadle; Palmer, Iorfa, Bernard; Valentin, Charles, Bannan, M Lowe; Gassama, Smith, Windass

We say: Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Millwall

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