Top 5: Things to look out for in the Championship Play-Offs

Could Sheffield Wednesday go one better than last year?

Sheffield Wednesday could reach the Championship play-off final for the second time in consecutive years if they manage to beat David Wagner’s Huddersfield side over the two legs in the coming days.

Last year, the side from Hillsborough finished in sixth place and reached Wembley after beating a Brighton side 3-1 – a side who only just missed out on automatic promotion on goal difference.

Whilst they went on to lose the final 1-0 to Hull City, they went further than anyone expected and have also been impressive during this year’s campaign.

Interestingly, The Owls do have a pretty good record at this stage of the competition and have reached the final of both play-off campaigns that they have played in – last year’s, and back in the 2004-05 season where they beat Hartlepool United 4-2 (AET) to reach the second division of English football.

Before their final day of the season loss to Fulham, they had won six games back to back and will go into this weekend knowing that they have already done the double over Huddersfield this season, with all of their players, fans and staff wanting to go one better than they managed last year.