.... tonight, when Hull City face Sheffield Wednesday live on SKY television.
Wednesday are a real sleeping giant, with massive support, spurred on by the success of city rivals, United, they will put in a challenge to return to the Premiership, sooner rather than later.
The Owls have had a terrible run of injuries over almost two seasons and currently have some 10 squad members missing. They really have problems scoring, only 4 in 7, but have a lot of fight and are very well organised by boss, Paul Sturrock, who has just extended his contract to 2010. Hard to beat, they have drawn 4 of 7 starts and only conceded 5 goals.
Hull City have come a long way in recent seasons, a new stadium, two promotions and a board ready to back new coach Phil Parkinson. Goals have also been a problem for City, just 5 for them. They have addressed the problem with the signing of Michael Bridges, a move which paid immediate dividends when he scored the winner at Leicester in midweek.
Former England defender Danny Mills joined the cause yesterday and goes straight into the side tonight.
I see a very tight game that neither can afford to lose, add to that the problems both have had scoring and the only possible conclusion is ,that there is a lot of value in the draw and that is my selection.
Word of praise for the Wednesday supporters, you hear a lot about so called "big" clubs, but they have had very little to cheer in recent years, yet always turn up in huge numbers. They took almost 2000 supporters to an away, pre season friendly, in July, against a Division 2 team, not many "big" clubs could compete with that.
3 points Hull-Sheffield Wednesday draw 3.30 betfair.
Good Luck.
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