Sheffield Wednesday have suffered a rather inconsistent start to the campaign picking up a mixed bag of results. They currently sit in 10th position in the Sky Bet Championship, three points clear of Nottingham Forest. They have had a relatively good Christmas period picking up some vital wins. They have won their last two league outings 1-0 at home to Blackpool and away to Wigan Athletic. In Stuart Gray they have a very good manager who makes them hard to break down and score against. Last time out they also put in a very good performance in away at Premier League champions Manchester City where they lost 2-1 after going 1-0 up through Atdhe Nuhiu. They met Forest earlier on in the season in August where Forest came out 1-0 winners through Henri Lansbury at Hillsborough. In comparison, Forest have had a disastrous Christmas period of results and performances. Last time out they suffered the humiliation of being knocked out of the FA Cup by lower league opposition as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at Rochdale. Other results across the Christmas period have included a 3-0 defeat away to Middlesbrough, a 3-1 defeat at home to Birmingham and the Rochdale defeat. These results mean Forest have failed to win a game since they won 3-0 at Molineux back in November.
Atdhe Nuhiu converts his big chance to put Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 up at the Etihad against Manchester City.
Forest are going to be without Michael Mancienne and Matty Fryatt this weekend as they are both sidelined with knocks. Andy Reid has this week revealed that he is still going to be out for a couple of weeks or so. Jack Hobbs managed to get through the 90 minutes at Rochdale unscathed and is ready to go again for the visit of Wednesday this weekend. Todd Kane arrived this week on loan from Chelsea and will give Stuart Pearce another option at full back. Chris Cohen is the only other player who misses out due to long term injury.
My prediction for this game is Nottingham Forest 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday. I think Wednesday are due a good result against Forest due to the fact Forest have got very lucky against Wednesday in previous encounters. I also think they are a very solid team who Forest will find difficult to break down like they have done with many other teams at The City Ground this season. Hopefully, the fans can get right behind the team and push them onto victory and reduce the speculation surrounding Stuart Pearce.
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