Sheffield Wednesday will look to make it five games unbeaten in Sky Bet League One when Stockport visit Hillsborough on Saturday, with the Owls currently sitting top of the table. It is a second successive home fixture for Henrik Pedersen's side, coming off the back of a goalless draw with Wigan last weekend.
That result at Hillsborough on Saturday, 12 September, made it Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Wigan, and it kept the club's recent form reading three wins, one draw and one defeat across their last five matches. Pedersen's players have not lost since going down 0-2 to Wolves in late August, a run that has taken them to the summit of the division.
Crowds swelling at Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday FC said the club's support "has been phenomenal this season both home and away," and the numbers back that up. A crowd surpassing the 30,000 barrier is expected against Stockport, with the North Stand and Grandstand already fast approaching capacity.
Demand has been high enough that the Lower West Stand, usually reserved in part for visiting fans on some matchdays, will now be made available to home supporters for every league fixture this season. Tickets for Saturday's game start from £24 for adult members and £5 for those under 14, part of a pricing structure the club has kept in place to encourage families through the turnstiles at Hillsborough.
A season shaped by last year's drop
The backdrop to this campaign is last season's Championship finish, when Sheffield Wednesday ended up 24th on minus four points from a record of one win, 11 draws and 30 defeats in 42 games, a run that sent the club down to League One. Pedersen has since overseen a turnaround that has put the Owls top of the pile at this early stage, a reversal fans inside Hillsborough will be keenly aware of given the club's history of promotion pushes from this level.
Stockport arrive at Hillsborough as the visitors in a fixture that forms part of the wider Sky Bet League One programme, with both sides looking to build momentum in the opening weeks of the season. For Sheffield Wednesday, extending the unbeaten sequence to five matches would further cement their position at the top of the early standings, which supporters can follow in full on our standings page.
Pedersen's team sheet for Saturday will be shaped by the players who featured against Wigan, and fans can check the full group named for that game and others on our squad page. The manager will also be monitoring any fitness concerns before kick-off, with updates typically listed on our injuries page as the week progresses.
Kick-off details and the rest of the club's fixture schedule, including the next set of away trips after the Stockport game, are available on our fixtures page. Saturday's match at Hillsborough is the next entry on that list, with the Owls chasing a result that would take their unbeaten run in Sky Bet League One to five games.
