Burnley vs Sheffield Wednesday Prediction, Lineups and Odds: 6/1 first goalscorer fancy for Friday's night

Burnley are having an incredible campaign in the Championship and will be looking to extend their remarkable run of clean sheets when they host Sheffield Wednesday on Friday night.

The Clarets' defence has not been breached in their last 11 matches but they are still only third in the table and would love to add another home win to reduce the gap to the top two to two points.

The match at Turf Moor kicks off at 20:00 GMT on Friday 21st February and will be shown live on Sky Sports Football.

Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford has not conceded a goal for more than 1,000 minutes in the Championship but that amazing sequence has still not been enough to carry his team into the automatic promotion places.

Scott Parker's side have struggled to take full advantage of their defensive performances and those 11 successive clean sheets have yielded just six victories and five goalless draws.

With 14 draws in 33 league matches overall this season, Burnley need to convert more of their solid shows into three-point paydays and they should be capable of doing that against Sheffield Wednesday.

The Owls are still hopeful of making a promotion challenge themselves, but they are just one of a large pack of teams with a playoff place in their sights and that battle looks set to go all the way to the final day of the season.

They are ninth in the table but have won only twice in their last nine matches and their latest setback came when Coventry scored a late winner at Hillsborough to secure a 2-1 success on Saturday.

They have not scored more than once in their last four matches and could be the latest side to find the Burnley defence too difficult to breach.

With the Clarets having scored only four goals in six matches since an out-of-character 5-0 thrashing of struggling Plymouth, another 1-0 or 2-0 home success looks likely, so back Burnley to win and under 2.5 goals.

Burnley fans will have been delighted to see captain and top goalscorer Josh Brownhill making a return to the pitch as a 71st-minute substitute in the goalless draw at Preston last Saturday and he has a chance to move into the starting line-up for this match.

Burnley's best alternative source of goals has been striker Zian Flemming and he looks worth backing to open the scoring against Sheffield Wednesday.

Flemming, who is on a season-long loan from Millwall, has bagged eight goals in his last 14 league and cup appearances, six of which were goalless draws, so whenever Burnley do make a breakthrough in their low-scoring games, he is often involved.

He notched the first two goals in the 5-0 win at Plymouth and also struck the second goal after 21 minutes of Burnley's 2-0 win at home to Hull last week.

Burnley vs Sheffield Wednesday Lineups

The starting lineups for Burnley vs Sheffield Wednesday will be displayed in the graphic below once the team news has been announced.

Burnley vs Sheffield Wednesday Team News

• Captain Josh Brownhill could return to the Burnley team after returning from injury as a substitute in the draw against Preston. Mike Tresor, Aaron Ramsey and Jordan Beyer are still out but Luca Koleosho is in line to return to the squad after missing the last six matches.
• Sheffield Wednesday could have Anthony Musaba in their squad after a spell on the sidelines, while Barry Bannan will be monitored after returning from an absence and playing all 90 minutes against Coventry. Dominic Iorfa, Akin Famewo and Di'Shon Bernard are out.