Sunderland vs Sheffield Wednesday. Sky Bet Championship.
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Sunday 1 April 2018 18:09, UK
Joel Asoro will be assessed by Sunderland before they face Sheffield Wednesday on Easter Monday.
The striker missed Good Friday's stunning 4-1 win at Derby County with a head injury as the Black Cats ended a three-game losing run and climbed off the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship. Defender Jake Clarke-Salter remains suspended.
Fernando Forestieri could start for Sheffield Wednesday for the first time since August, after he returned from a long-term injury to score as a substitute in their 4-1 win against Preston on Friday.
Jos Luhukay has no other fresh concerns following that game as he looks to make it three wins in a row for the first time all season.
Sunderland have only lost one of their last 13 league matches against the Owls (W8 D4), a 2-1 defeat in March 1997 in the Premier League.
Sheffield Wednesday have failed to win any of their last nine away league visits to Sunderland (D3 L6) since winning 2-1 in August 1969 at Roker Park.
The Black Cats have won none of their last eight league matches played on Monday at the Stadium of Light (D5 L3), last winning against West Brom in August 2006.
The Owls are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches played in April (W7 D4), winning each of the last six in a row.
Only in 2005/06 (1) have Sunderland won fewer home league games after their first 19 of the season than in 2017/18 (2). The Black Cats suffered relegation from the Premier League in 2005/06.
Atdhe Nuhiu has scored three goals in his last four away league games for the Owls, as many as he netted in his previous 42 (including play-offs).
