Sheffield Wednesday vs Blackpool - prediction, team news, lineups

Sheffield Wednesday invited Blackpool to Hillsborough Stadium connected Sunday day for their latest installation of League One enactment successful the 2026-27 campaign.

In their erstwhile league outing, the Owls played retired a people gully with an in-form Cambridge United broadside connected location soil, portion the Tangerines were thumped 4-1 by Mansfield Town astatine Bloomfield Road.

Match preview

Following their inevitable relegation from the Championship successful the 2025-26 season, finishing stone bottommost of the part without a azygous constituent aft being handed aggregate deductions, Sheffield Wednesday person experienced a mixed commencement to their beingness successful the 3rd tier.

Despite losing conscionable 1 of their opening 9 fixtures, sitting wrong the playoffs having collected 18 points implicit that span, consecutive 2-0 losses against Notts County and Doncaster Rovers successful the erstwhile fortnight person outgo Henrik Pedersen his occupation arsenic Owls manager, with Matt Hamshaw present taking the relation connected an interim basis.

While they person struggled successful their league endeavours, Sheffield Wednesday’s signifier successful cupful competitions has been highly promising arsenic though they were knocked retired of the EFL Cup by Wolverhampton Wanderers successful the 2nd round, the hosts person already booked their spot successful the knockout signifier of the EFL Trophy aft winning some of their radical games truthful far.

Facing a Blackpool broadside that they boast an awesome caller grounds against, winning each of the latest 4 meetings betwixt the sides, the Owls volition beryllium assured of recovering their league signifier connected Sunday day excessively and climbing backmost into the division’s playoff places.

After an encouraging commencement to their 2026-27 campaign, winning 2 of their opening 3 matches to beryllium apical of the League One table astatine the extremity of August, Blackpool person faltered successful caller months and seen themselves gradually descent down the division.

Having claimed triumph successful conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 8 fixtures, losing six matches implicit that play of time, the Tangerines person plummeted to 20th successful the array and are kept supra Peterborough United successful the relegation portion by conscionable a constituent heading into consecutive distant league matches.

Although they person been a accordant attacking menace this season, failing to people successful conscionable 2 League One games, antiaircraft frailty has surely been the downfall for Ian Evatt’s men, with the visitors conceding less than conscionable 3 different sides successful the part implicit the erstwhile 10 matches.

With lone Wigan Athletic earning less than their 3 points connected the roadworthy this season, Blackpool volition person to beryllium overmuch improved connected Sunday day if they privation to gain a archetypal triumph against Sheffield Wednesday astatine Hillsborough since November 2012 and much importantly, support their spot extracurricular the League One bottommost four.

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Team News

Having missed Tuesday night’s crippled against Cambridge United, it remains to beryllium seen whether Liam Cooper tin instrumentality to the matchday squad this weekend, portion antiaircraft spouse Di’Shon Bernard is simply a uncertainty for Sheffield Wednesday with a sound too.

In attack, the Owls volition surely beryllium without Jamal Lowe, who serves the last lucifer of his suspension, George Brown and Louie Barry, though the second is nearing a comeback from his ankle issues.

Elsewhere, Hamshaw volition besides beryllium missing Ricardo Santos, Jordi Liongola, Jarvis Thornton, Joe Lumley, Cole McGhee and Tyler Onyango arsenic the hosts proceed to negociate a brutally agelong wounded list.

After netting the opener successful the week, it is apt that Hull City loanee Mason Burstow leads the enactment successful the lack of Lowe and Barry erstwhile again for Sheffield Wednesday connected Sunday.

Despite afloat recovering from an ankle contented and returning to enactment against Aston Villa U21s successful the week, Fraser Horsfall has been dealt a setback and is expected to miss Sunday’s clash for Blackpool.

The Tangerines are besides without Irish midfielder CJ Hamilton and 33-year-old defender Michael Ihiekwe, who are suffering from genu ligament and musculus injuries respectively.

Having been dealt his 2nd calf contented of the play past week, George Homeyman is acceptable to person a play connected the sidelines and volition articulation Niall Ennis, who has spent astir 3 months retired with a ft problem.

Former Sheffield Wednesday striker Jerry Yates came disconnected the seat to people for the visitors successful the week and is apt to instrumentality to the starting lineup this Sunday aft being overlooked against Mansfield successful Blackpool’s past league fixture.

Sheffield Wednesday imaginable starting lineup:

Maynard-Brewer; Valery, Weaver, Cooper, James; Bannan, Mitchell; Slattery, Keillor-Dunn, Gray; Burstow

Blackpool imaginable starting lineup:

Peacock-Farrell; Williams, Casey, Ashworth, Munroe; Morgan; Bowler, Anderson, Clarkson; Bloxham, Yates

We say: Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackpool

Following up a rocky fewer months by winning 2 of their erstwhile 3 matches, Blackpool volition beryllium hoping that they tin usage their promising past fortnight to extremity the club’s barren streak against Sheffield Wednesday this play and ascent distant from the relegation zone.

However, portion the Owls whitethorn beryllium managing a alteration astatine the helm, we are backing the location squad to prime up each 3 points connected Sunday, ending their 3 lucifer winless streak and climbing backmost into the playoff places.

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