Sheffield Wednesday vs Cardiff City Prediction: Bluebirds are in the relegation zone

Sheffield Wednesday will welcome Cardiff City at Hillsborough Stadium in Game Week 16 of the English Championship. Bluebirds are in the relegation zone. Who will come out on top after 90 minutes?

Sheffield Wednesday form

Sheffield Wednesday will be back in action on Saturday as they look to climb back towards the top half of the Championship table. The team has struggled for consistency in the lead up to the November international break but has shown improvement under manager Danny Rohl, currently sitting in 15th place with 18 points. The Owls have had a mixed run of form in their recent league fixtures, winning two, losing three, and drawing one going into the break.

Defense has been a weak point for Sheffield Wednesday thus far in this season, with only three teams in the Championship conceding more goals than their 25 in 15 games. A 6-2 loss to Watford highlighted their defensive struggles, but they did bounce back with a 2-0 win over Norwich City before falling to Sheffield United in the Steel City Derby.

Now down to only three points above the relegation zone and by one point behind Swansea City, Sheffield Wednesday will try to pick up the winning streak needed to move above the drop zone.

For Sheffield Wednesday to climb higher on the Championship leaderboard will rely greatly on a home win.

Sheffield Wednesday Starting XI

Beadle; Iorfa, Bernard, Lowe; Valery, Bannan, Charles, Johnson; Windass, Smith, Gassama

Cardiff City recent form

Their visitors come to South Yorkshire having travelled there with the hopes of getting out of the relegation zone following a poor spell of form. Omer Riza took over in the managerial hot seat at Cardiff City back in September when the team lay bottom of the Championship table after only picking up a solitary point from five games. He took his team from the impressive unbeaten streak of six matches since early October and up to early November, securing their first four league wins of the season, all at home. His team's away form, though, is abysmally bad, earning just three points out of seven games played outside home turf, including a recent 1-0 loss against Luton Town.

Cardiff City, albeit under Riza, are not too far away from safety as they are three teams behind only on goal difference and two by just a point. They will be looking to get the win for Hillsborough to step out of the relegation spot and move above their next opponents.

Cardiff City Predicted Lineup

Alnwick; Ng, Goutas, Daland, O'Dowda; Robertson, Turnbull; Tanner, Colwill, El Ghazi; Willock

Expert Tips for Sheffield Wednesday vs Cardiff City

Omer Riza's Cardiff City team faces the task of getting back into their stride since their impressive start to the season was torpedoed before the break, but they may struggle to do so when coming up against a Sheffield Wednesday side that is keen to get back to winning ways this weekend.