Hillsborough sees Sheffield Wednesday take on Cardiff City this Saturday in the Third Round of the FA Cup. Sheffield Wednesday are struggling in the Championship and may see the FA Cup weekend as a reprieve, whereas Cardiff are in good form coming into the Cup.
Sheffield Wednesday currently sit 22nd in the Championship with six wins, four draws and 16 losses in 26 games. In last season’s FA Cup, Sheffield Wednesday crashed out in the Fourth Round against Fleetwood, with a 1 - 1 draw in the first leg and a 1 - 0 loss in the replay.
In their last five games in all competitions, Sheffield Wednesday have three wins and two losses.
A Bambo Diaby own goal gave QPR the lead in the first half, but Bailey Cadamarteri scored in the 86th minute and Anthony Musaba grabbed a winner in the 94th minute to grab a 2 - 1 win for Sheffield Wednesday. Musaba scored in the first half against Cardiff in the Championship, but it wasn’t enough as Cardiff won 2 - 1.
The clash against Coventry saw it end in a fierce manner, with Liam Kitching sent off for Coventry and Diaby was sent off for Wednesday in the 96th minute. However, earlier in the game Tatsuhiro Sakamoto grabbed a brace to give Coventry the 2 - 0 win. It was another game in which Sheffield Wednesday finished with only ten men on the pitch with George Byers sent off this time. Despite this late red card, Marvin Johnson scored the only goal of the game to give Sheffield Wednesday the 1 - 0 win over Preston.
The last time out for Sheffield Wednesday was against Hull City. Tyler Morton was sent off for Hull in the 35th minute, which opened the doors for Wednesday. Johnson, Djeidi Gassama and Josh Windass all scored for the 3 - 1 win, with Scott Twine’s penalty a consolation for Hull.
Cardiff, on the other hand, currently sit ninth in the Championship with 11 wins, four draws and 11 losses in 26 games. The Bluebirds’ FA Cup journey ended at this stage last season against Leeds, grabbing a 2 - 2 draw in the first leg and a 5 - 2 loss in the replay.
In their last five games in all competitions, Cardiff have two wins, one draw and two losses.
Aaron Connolly, Twine and Ozan Tufan all scored in the 3 - 0 win for Hull, with Cardiff only managing one shot on target. It was Cardiff who took home the win when they faced this weekend’s opponents. Musaba opened the scoring for Wednesday, but a goal from Karlan Grant and an own goal from Akin Famewo gave Cardiff the 2 - 1 win.
Morgan Whittaker opened the scoring for Plymouth Argyle but an own goal from Matt Butcher levelled it at halftime. Grant gave Cardiff the lead minutes into the second half, but Whittaker completed his brace to grab a 2 - 2 draw for Argyle. The next time out against Leicester saw Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Justin score in the 2 - 0 win for Leicester.
The most recent outing for Cardiff was against QPR. Dimitrios Goutas and Perry Ng both scored in the 2 - 1 win for Cardiff.
Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff have met 75 times in their histories, having only met once in the FA Cup. Not much separates the two sides, with Cardiff having 29 wins in comparison to Wednesday’s 28 wins, with the other 18 games ending in a draw.