Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City



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Tom Lees made 32 appearances for Sheffield on Wednesday this season
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Wednesday's Sheffield hosts center half Tom Lees (shin) after missing their last three games.

Striker Fernando Forestieri is serving a ban on a match after his red card in the draw with Rotherham last week.

Swansea City, who beat Brentford to advance to the FA Cup quarter-finals last week, welcomed Nathan Dyer (hamstring), Declan John (ankle) and Wayne Routledge (calf).

Skipper Leroy Fer (hamstring) is expected to return to Bolton next week.

Match facts

  • Sheffield Wednesday has no win in seven games against Swansea City in all competitions (D4 L3).
  • Swansea has not visited Sheffield Wednesday in a league match since December 2009, where they had won 2-0 thanks to a brace from Darren Pratley.
  • Three of the last six meetings of all competitions between Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea in Hillsborough ended without a goal.
  • Swansea striker Oliver McBurnie was involved in seven goals in six league appearances in 2019 (six goals, one badist), scoring with each of his six shots on target.
  • Steve Bruce played Swansea City for the last time in September 2015 in the League Cup as manager of Hull City, winning 1-0.
  • Swansea has not lost three consecutive league games since a series of seven games between September and December 2017.

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