Sheffield Wednesday forward Fernando Forestieri will miss the home game against Nottingham Forest after being ruled out for three months.

Forestieri has been struggling with a knee injury and will have surgery next week, while the Owls will still be without skipper Glenn Loovens and midfielder Sam Hutchinson for the match, which is live on Sky Sports Football from 5.15pm on Saturday.

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Centre-half Loovens (hip) and Hutchinson (knee) have both missed the last four matches. Midfielder Kieran Lee (hip), yet to feature this season, is working his way back to full fitness. Defender Joost van Aken, signed from Dutch side Heerenveen for an undisclosed fee, and midfielder Jacob Butterfield, on loan from Derby, are both in contention.

New signing Adam Federici will have to wait a little longer to make his Forest debut after suffering an injury while on international duty with Australia. The goalkeeper joined the Reds on loan from Bournemouth on the final day of the transfer window and he is back at his parent club having the unspecified problem assessed.

It had been hoped David Vaughan (groin) would be fit for the trip to Hillsborough but, while he is making good progress, he will not be ready. Fellow midfielder Chris Cohen has undergone a minor knee procedure and will be out for a couple of weeks. Matty Cash (ankle) is out of his protective boot while Jamie Ward (calf) is back training on grass and should return to contention sometime this month.

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The Owls have won each of their last five league games against Forest since enduring an eight-game winless run against them between 2009 and 2014.

The last five league games between these sides at Hillsborough have all been won by a one-goal margin - Wednesday winning two and Forest three.

Sheffield Wednsday have not scored more than once in any of their last seven Championship games (six goals in total).

Forest have conceded more goals from set pieces than any other Championship side in 2017/18 (5).

Gary Hooper is looking to score in back-to-back Championship outings for the first time since February 2016.

Barrie McKay has been involved in three of Nottingham Forest's last five league goals (1 goal, 2 assists).

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Prutton's prediction

Two of my old teams meet at Hillsborough and it should be an intriguing clash. Both would have been disappointed with their results before the break as Sheffield Wednesday drew with Burton and Nottingham Forest lost to Leeds.

I think there's more expectation on Wednesday, and they look like less than the sum of their parts at the moment. Both managers will set their sides up to win, but I can't split them. Score draw.

Prutton predicts: 2-2 with Gary Hooper to score first (55/1 with Sky Bet)

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