Stoke City are going up against visiting opposition side Sheffield Wednesday at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship tie on Friday, and we have the latest player updates plus predicted line ups available.
Stoke City will be hoping to bounce back here following a 3-1 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Preston North End. It’s our opinion that The Potters look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, handing starts to Tommy Simkin, Junior Tchamadeu, Ashley Phillips, Ben Gibson, Eric Junior Bocat, Joon-ho Bae, Ben Pearson, Million Manhoef, Tomas Rigo, Sorba Thomas and Milan Smit.
Junior Tchamadeu, Maksym Taloverov and Gavin Bazunu will be missing for Stoke manager Mark Robins.
How Stoke City could look versus Sheffield Wednesday
Since a loss in their previous game against Hull City in Championship action, Sheffield Wednesday will be aiming to make amends here. It’s our belief that The Owls could decide to make use of a 3-4-1-2 system, giving starts to Pierce Charles, Dominic Iorfa, Gabriel Otegbayo, Liam Palmer, Sean Fusire, Svante Ingelsson, Jarvis Thornton, Omotayo Adaramola, Jaden Heskey, Jamal Lowe and Jerry Yates.
Sheff Wed manager Henrik Pedersen has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Murphy Cooper (Groin injury), Liam Cooper (Groin injury) and Guilherme Siqueira (Achilles tendon surgery) will miss out on this game.
Predicted Sheffield Wednesday team
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