Wednesday are back on their travels this weekend heading to promotion hopefuls Fulham.
The Cottagers’ automatic promotion hopes are hanging by a thread after their 0-0 draw with West Brom in midweek.
Currently fourth in the table and five points adrift of second with two to play, Fulham look set for a play-off campaign.
Scott Parker’s side are in outstanding form, though, with four wins from their last five games.
Wednesday will be looking to build on back to back clean sheets. Garry Monk’s side took all three points from last weekend’s trip to the capital where they defeated QPR 3-0.
Those three goals saw the Owls jump back to the top of the chart in terms of goals scored on the road (36), before coming back to Hillsborough and drawing 0-0 with Huddersfield.
Here’s what you need to know ahead of the game in our detailed match preview:
MATCH DETAILS
- Date: Saturday, July 18th 2020
- Kick-off, 3.00pm
- Sky Bet Championship
- Craven Cottage
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee - Darren England
Assistants - Darren Blunden and Robert Hyde
Fourth Official - James Oldham
iFOLLOW
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THE MANAGER
💻 Another pre-match virtual press conference this morning and here's segment from it with the Owls boss discussing lessons learned from lockdown and Fulham on Saturday #swfc
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) July 16, 2020
TEAM NEWS
SWFC: Liam Palmer, Kieran Lee and Connor Wickham have all returned to training and will be assessed ahead of the trip to Craven Cottage.
Osaze Urhoghide has been ruled out for the final two games.
Fulham: Aboubakar Kamara, Tom Cairney and Ivan Cavaleiro are all doubts for Saturday.
Cavaleiro was taken off before half time with injury in the midweek goalless draw with West Brom.
Stefan Johansen is pushing for inclusion after being named on the bench in midweek, while Cyrus Christie is another who will be hopeful of a return to the XI.
Cairney (knock) has missed Fulham's last three games.
FORM
Owls: LLLWD
Fulham: WWWWD
MEMORABLE MOMENT
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) July 17, 2020
A trip to Craven Cottage will always bring memories of this 💥#swfc pic.twitter.com/9L5QwhLK9A
LAST MEETING – 21 September 2019
LAST FIVE V FULHAM
Owls 1-1 Fulham – 21 September 2019 - Championship
Owls 0-1 Fulham – 7 April 2018 – Championship
Fulham 0-1 Owls – 19 August 2017 – Championship PO
Owls 1-2 Fulham – 7 May 2017 – Championship
Fulham 1-1 Owls - 19 November 2016 – Championship