Sheffield Wednesday face Rotherham United in the Championship this weekend, in Danny Rohl’s first game at Hillsborough.
Sheffield Wednesday welcome neighbours Rotherham United to Hillsborough on Sunday, in what will be Rohl’s first experience of the Owls‘ home crowd.
And it’s a huge first home game for the German who’s lost his opening two games in charge. Last weekend, Wednesday lost 1-0 at Watford before losing 3-0 at Plymouth Argyle in midweek.
Rotherham meanwhile claimed an impressive 2-0 win over Coventry City in the week, though they’ve still had a poor season so far and sit just six points ahead of last place Wednesday as things stand.
Who’s out for Sheffield Wednesday?
As it stands, only Momo Diaby is absent for Sheffield Wednesday.
Predicted Owls line up to face Rotherham…
Expect to see some more changes to the XI this weekend.
The Plymouth performance was a poor one and Rohl will no doubt be keen to see some new faces in action, albeit in what is a high-stakes, must-win game for the Owls.
It’s perhaps their biggest chance of winning a game this season and so Rohl will be keen to see his side attack the Millers, and that could mean unleashing the likes of Djeidi Gassama who came off the bench vs Plymouth.
Elsewhere, Akin Famewo has been criticised in the last couple of games in which Rohl has played him at left-back, so it could be inevitable that Reece James in there.
Other than that, we should see a largely unchanged line up and formation to what we saw at Plymouth in midweek.
This is a huge game for Rohl and Sheffield Wednesday, with a win able to give everyone involved with Sheffield Wednesday a huge boost.
Here’s our predicted XI for Sunday…
(4-3-3)
Dawson (GK)
James
Diaby
Iorfa
Valentin
Buckley
Bannan
Byers
Gassama
Windass
Musaba