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Millwall will look to strengthen their Championship play-off hopes when they visit bottom club Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday afternoon (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

The Lions are fifth and hold a six-point advantage over Preston in seventh - their best league position after 31 games of a second tier season since the 2022-23 campaign when they were sixth at this stage.

The Owls could be relegated against arch-rivals Sheffield United next weekend if they lose to Millwall and the Blades - and one of Leicester or Blackburn pick up another point in that time.

• Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their past 10 league games against Millwall (D4 L5), a 2-0 away win in February 2024.

• Following their 1-0 win in November, Millwall are looking to complete the league double over Sheffield Wednesday for the first time since 2002-03.

• Sheffield Wednesday have failed to score in their past nine league games, losing each of the past eight. No team in English Football League history has ever lost nine in a row without scoring before.

• Millwall have lost just one of their previous nine league games (W5 D3), with no Championship side suffering fewer defeats since Christmas than the Lions.

• Sheffield Wednesday have failed to score in their past nine league games – only one team in the history of the second tier has failed to score in more consecutively in a single campaign, with Coventry going 11 between October and December 1919.

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Henrik Pedersen admitted his Sheffield Wednesday side found it 'tough' to maintain their promising start once they conceded the opening goal to Swansea's Goncalo Franco.

The Portuguese midfielder's 19th minute-strike was all that separated the sides at the Swansea.com Stadium until the final 20 minutes, when Zan Vipotnik hit a quickfire double and substitute Malick Yalcouye rounded off a 4-0 victory for the Swans.

Owls boss Pedersen, whose side have now lost eight consecutive games and failed to find the net since December, said: "We saw a positive energy in the first 19 minutes. We had good pressing situations, good sequences on the ball.

"Then they score the goal, they played through us, and we also have to say Swansea is a fantastic team. After the goal they got more confident on the ball and started to move us around.

"We wanted to be compact but it was difficult for us. It was tough to press really tight against them.

"Second half we came out with a good energy and started to win balls high up the pitch, but we also lost balls. The biggest challenge was that when we won the ball we also lost the ball – we didn't create what we wanted."

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Sheffield Wednesday will seek to avoid unwanted history when they travel to Swansea on Sunday (12:01 GMT).

The rock-bottom Owls are edging closer to League One and Tuesday's 1-0 defeat at Blackburn means they have now lost seven straight Championship games and gone eight league games without scoring - their last goal was scored by Bailey Cadamarteri in the Boxing Day draw with Hull City. They have never gone nine league matches without a goal in their history.

The Swans are 16th going into the weekend, seven points clear of the relegation zone and are unbeaten at home since November, winning five of their past six matches there and drawing the other, conceding only three goals in that run.

• In what is the 19th different league campaign in which the sides have met, Swansea are looking to complete the league double over Sheffield Wednesday for the first time.

• Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their past seven away league games against Swansea (D3 L3), though it was in this exact fixture last season (1-0).

• Since the start of December only Middlesbrough (8) and Hull City (8) have won more Championship games than Swansea (W7 D1 L4).

• Sheffield Wednesday have failed to score in any of their last eight league games. Never before have they gone nine without a goal in their league history (also 8 in March/April 1975).

• Swansea's Zan Vipotnik is the top scorer in the Championship with 13 goals, while no player has netted more at home than the Slovenian (9, level with Jaden Philogene).

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Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen claims his players must attack quicker to end their goal drought, which stretches back to Boxing Day.

Wednesday lost 1-0 at Blackburn to make it eight defeats on the bounce and Pedersen can see their difficulty in front of goal.

Pedersen told BBC Radio Sheffield: "I think all the boys really, really, really, really look forward to scoring a goal again, but there's no way out.

"We're working a lot with the set-up, the build-up and we do that well. We also saw that today, but to create something, we need to have more dribbling, we need to speed up the game because we cannot play with the same speed and expect to create.

"Yeah, we work a lot on that in the training. Of course, it could be a theme, but I think the courage, the braveness, it's OK to miss a pass if you want to make a difference.

"It's OK because we have our press. So it's a mindset that we have to risk and be ready to make mistakes with the ball, but we also have to bring more balls into the box."

Rob Staton
BBC Radio Sheffield reporter

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Sheffield Wednesday fans haven't had a lot to smile about recently. The team haven't scored a goal since Boxing Day. They are on a record winless run in the Championship.

Relegation is certain – but the future of the club is anything but. The EFL's owners and directors' test continues to work on the James Bord consortium, as they try to buy the club. There's no clear timescale on how long that will take, or what the outcome will be.

Life is tough on the fans. Even Barry Bannan decided to move to Millwall instead of finish out the season at Hillsborough. That was probably a gut-punch too far for some.

Deadline day at the very least changed the conversation, if only for 24 hours.

On the Sunday, the Owls brought in Tayo Adaramola from Crystal Palace. He did a brilliant pair of interviews, firstly with the club and then on our deadline-day special on BBC Sheffield. Articulate, determined, up for the challenge. It was exactly what was needed.

Then, two further additions – Joel Ndala on loan from Manchester City and Marvelous Nakamba after his Luton contract was cut short.

Bailey Cadamarteri departed to Wrexham – a move that was considered necessary given the club's financial situation. We understand the deal was worth £1m up front (a significant factor compared to other bids) with add-ons and sell-ons attached to potentially give the club a further financial boost in the future.

Some fans have questioned the decision to sell a young striker who could've been useful in League One, instead of other more experienced players. The truth is there were no bids for Yan Valery and the offers made for Svante Ingelsson were nowhere near good enough.

I also think Ingelsson is an important player to keep. Throughout this miserable season, the Swede hasn't stopped running. In a lost cause, his commitment has been admirable. He's also a good player – one who the club can rebuild around next season if things are sorted off the pitch.

I'd argue that of all the players to keep – he was the one. He's well liked by some other Championship clubs. He's a key asset. He's a good age at 27. He can play multiple positions. It's to Wednesday's enormous benefit that he stayed. They'll need players like this.

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Today is the final chance of the season for your Championship team to do transfer business.

The window closes at 19:00 GMT, meaning teams - and fans - can avoid the usual late-night transfer scramble.

It has already been a busy window - for some teams anyway - but whether it turns out to be a day of transfer action or a pretty quiet one for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.

Follow our live text coverage throughout the day here

Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday are looking to change their fortunes with both sides coming into the clash on Tuesday (19:45 GMT) holding two of the worst forms in the Championship.

Rovers' narrow 0-1 loss to Hull City on Saturday was their 14th of the season and leaves them three points from safety in 22nd (W7 D8 L14).

They haven't won a league match since their 2-0 victory against Millwall in December whilst Wednesday's home defeat to Wrexham over the weekend was their seventh consecutive in all competitions. They are rooted at the bottom on -7 points (W1 D8 L20).

• The last two league meetings between Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday have finished level, with the reverse fixture this season ending goalless in December – the pair have only previously drawn three in a row between October 1914 and October 1919.

• Sheffield Wednesday have lost only two of their last nine Championship away games against Blackburn Rovers (W3 D4), going unbeaten on each of their most recent three trips to Ewood Park (W1 D2).

• Blackburn Rovers have won just one of their last 13 home league games played in midweek (Tue/Wed/Thu – D6 L6), going winless in eight (D3 L5) since a 3-0 win over Portsmouth in January last year.

• Sheffield Wednesday are winless in their last 10 away league games (D3 L7), last going longer without victory on the road between April and November 2013 (12). Only Shrewsbury Town (6) have won fewer away points in the EFL so far in 2025-26 than the Owls (7 – P13 W1 D4 L8).

• Blackburn manager Valerien Ismael has only lost one of his six Championship games against Sheffield Wednesday (W2 D3), suffering a home defeat with Barnsley in a Yorkshire derby in March 2021.

Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen believes his side did "all they could" in their 1-0 home defeat by Wrexham.

Sam Smith poked in the winner for the Welsh club in the 58th minute from Issa Kabore's low cross as Wednesday suffered their sixth straight Championship loss.

Despite the challenges on and off the pitch for Wednesday, Pedersen was more than satisfied with his players' efforts.

"It's been a difficult week, with Barry [Bannan] going and the transfer window closing," said Pedersen to BBC Radio Sheffield after the game.

"We wanted to keep all of the energy on the performance, and in training yesterday it was great.

"We wanted to bring this energy on to the pitch. When I look at the 94 minutes, I think the players did all that they could to match a very strong Wrexham team who are fighting for the top six."

The Owls are now 34 points adrift at the bottom of the table and are away to Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday evening.