Hull v Sheffield Wednesday: play-off push meets survival fight | OneFootball

Hull City face Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship on Saturday, 21 March 2026 in Hull, with the hosts chasing the play-offs and the visitors battling to avoid relegation.

Hull City sit fifth and welcome the bottom side after the reverse fixture finished 2-2. Recent league form is mixed for the hosts, but they remain in the play-off places, while Wednesday arrive on a long winless stretch.

Hull have lost three of their past five league games, though they did win away at Portsmouth and Wrexham. The Owls are winless in five, drawing once against Watford in that run.

Team news could shape selections. Hull are without Lewie Coyle, Akin Famewo, Ryan Giles, Eliot Matazo, Matty Jacobs and Darko Gyabi through injury, with Charlie Hughes suspended. The Owls list Liam Cooper, Di'Shon Bernard, Olaf Kobacki, Guilherme Siqueira and goalkeeper Murphy Mahoney among their absentees.

Routes to goal may favour Hull. The hosts have scored 59 league goals at 1.6 per game and can threaten from wide, with 22.22% cross accuracy and eight headed goals this season. Joe Gelhardt and Oliver McBurnie have 13 league goals each, while The Owls have managed 23 goals and conceded 76, with only three clean sheets.

A win would move Hull to 66 points and strengthen their grip on the play-off positions. Victory for The Owls would lift them to minus three points and offer a boost in a daunting relegation fight.