Sheffield Wednesday must now be fully aware they’ll be up against a wall as they face Cardiff City in the Championship encounter this weekend.
Danny Rohl’s side is set for a hostile reception when they play at Hillsborough after the past some loses to Cardiff City. They lost to Sheffield United and Cardiff City to Blackburn Rovers before the November break.
Cardiff city on the other hand heads to this match after two consecutive losses in the last fixtures after they had registered six games in a row and even managed to leave the relegation zone after four wins from those fixtures. Sheffield Wednesday has failed to record impressive results and has only triumphed in one of their last four games in different competitions where they sit at 15 place of the Championship table in front of Cardiff City who is at the 22 place with just three points behind them.
In the lead up to the weekend clash with Sheffield Wednesday, Rohl fears are growing with players in his team being injured. Still, there is the possibility that defender Michael Ihiekwe may be back into action after he missed the entire season due to an Achilles’ ailment.
Ihiekwe, who has played four times in the Championship this year, is back in training indicating that he could be back soon. This comes after Akin Famewo is expected to be out of the game due to injuries while the club has a packed fixture list, Ihiekwe could be an additional boost to the team.
For now, Ihiekwe has been on the sidelines and might return soon, while the team is still waiting on Nat Chalobah on his return, besides the absence of Olaf Kobacki who recently received an injury.
Yan Valery and Di’Shon Bernard and are both one yellow card away from a possible one match ban in the Championship this campaign. The match against Cardiff City kicks off at 12:30pm on Saturday afternoon.