Both Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday have left themselves with plenty of work to do to get to a play-off spot.
Rovers have yet to win under new boss Valerien Ismael and have lost their past five league games to see themselves eight points adrift of the top six, a spot they once held under former boss John Eustace.
Though Wednesday are in a similar predicament.
A difficult week ended with a third successive winless game on the weekend, putting them level on points with the Lancashire side but a place below on goal difference.
Both sides will have the opportunity to get closer to a chance at promotion when they meet on Tuesday (19:45 BST) – and maybe knock the other out of contention.
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After their 1-0 win in the reverse fixture, Blackburn are looking to complete their seventh ever league double over Sheffield Wednesday, and just their third post-war, after 1994-95 and 2019-20.
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Sheffield Wednesday won this exact fixture last season 3-1 but haven’t won back-to-back league trips to Blackburn since October 1982.
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Blackburn boss Valerien Ismael has only lost one of his four previous managerial games against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship (W2 D1), going gown 1-2 with Barnsley in March 2021.
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Sheffield Wednesday have won nine away league games this season, last winning more in a single Championship campaign on the road in 2006-07 (10).
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Josh Windass has been directly involved in four goals in his last four league appearances against Blackburn for Sheffield Wednesday, scoring three and assisting one more.
