Sheffield Wednesday return to action against Derby County this afternoon.
Sheffield Wednesday welcome two of their most important attacking players back to starting contention against Derby County.
Marco Matias and Fernando Forestieri have been involved in four and three goals respectively this season, despite having failed to appear for the best part of two months each.
Their returns – in addition to the international break recoveries of Josh Onomah and Keiren Westwood – mean that Sheffield Wednesday now have just three players, Sam Winnall, Gary Hooper and Kieran Lee, left on the sidelines, although Jos Luhukay confirmed at his press conference on Friday that Joost van Aken will continue with the Under-23s for now.
Whether Matias and Forestieri will start against Derby, however, remains to be seen, although the former is arguably more likely to do so having appeared as a substitute against Sheffield United a fortnight ago, with Bramall Lane starters Morgan Fox and Matt Penney perhaps looking over their shoulders in the meantime.
And given Luhukay’s comments about Steven Fletcher’s ability – or rather, his inability – to play three games in the space of a week, the Scotland striker’s place may also be vulnerable after a busy international period, with one of Lucas Joao or Atdhe Nuhiu – who, like Fletcher, only returned from national team duty on Thursday – in line to profit.
This is how HITC Sport suspects Sheffield Wednesday could look against Derby…
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