The Championship game at Hillsborough Stadium on Friday will see home team Sheffield Wednesday welcome guests Birmingham City. Let’s check on the predicted line ups and player availability.
Sheffield Wednesday will be looking for an improved result here following a 4-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Huddersfield Town. It seems likely that The Owls may well use the 4-2-3-1 system in the match, handing starts to James Beadle, Pol Valentin, DiShon Bernard, Akin Famewo, Marvin Johnson, Liam Palmer, Barry Bannan, Anthony Musaba, Josh Windass, Djeidi Gassama and Iké Ugbo.
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Sheffield Wednesday gaffer Danny Röhl to be concerned with from a near full-strength group of players. Juan Delgado will miss out.
How Sheffield Wednesday might line up to play Birmingham City
Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of West Bromwich Albion in Championship action, Birmingham City and their fans will hope to get a better result this time. It’s our belief that The Blues seem likely to utilise a 4-3-3 formation, giving starts to Neil Etheridge, Ethan Laird, Emanuel Aiwu, Krystian Bielik, Lee Buchanan, Jordan James, Juninho Bacuna, Ivan Sunjic, Koji Miyoshi, Jay Stansfield and Siriki Dembélé.
Birmingham manager Tony Mowbray has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. George Hall (Hamstring injury) and Alfie Chang (Knee injury) are those who can’t be considered.
Predicted Birmingham City team
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