Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday

Published on: 01 November 2019

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Blackburn could have former Tottenham and Germany midfielder Lewis Holtby back after he missed their past two games with a hamstring strain.

Tony Mowbray remains without strikers Ben Brereton and Dominic Samuel, who have long-term knee injuries.

Sheffield Wednesday should have Julian Borner back from the ankle injury that saw him miss out last weekend.

Midfielder Massimo Lunogo (knee) is still a doubt, while defender Tom Lees (hamstring) is closing in on a return.

Match facts

Both league meetings between Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday ended 4-2 last season, with the home side winning in both matches. Sheffield Wednesday have won four of their past five league matches against Blackburn (W4 D0 L1). Since winning 2-1 at Reading on September 21st, Blackburn have won just two points in the Championship (W0 D2 L4), fewer than any other team. Excluding play-offs, Sheffield Wednesday have kept more Championship clean sheets than any other team in 2019 (16 clean sheets). Blackburn have not drawn three consecutive home league games since April 2011, when they were in the Premier League. Since Garry Monk's first league game in charge of Sheffield Wednesday, the Owls have won more Championship points than any other team (15).

Source: bbc.com

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