One former Sheffield Wednesday striker target has kicked on since he was previously linked to the Owls.

Sheffield Wednesday managed to get back to winning ways as they saw off Coventry City on their travels.

 

The Owls were by no means expected to pick up all three points against the Sky Blues, and that mainly comes down to Danny Rohl’s side’s lack of confidence in front of goal, especially away from home.

That shot confidence has been embodied in the recent performances of Ike Ugbo, who was dropped for the Coventry City clash for Jamal Lowe, who has scored on just one occasion so far this Championship season.

There are clear issues with Sheffield Wednesday’s frontline at this moment, especially in whoever is leading the line, but it could have worked out incredibly differently if the Owls managed to claim one of their former targets who bagged a hat-trick against a Champions League side.

 

Former Sheffield Wednesday target Mika Biereth scores hat-trick vs RB Salzburg

Former Owls target Mika Biereth managed to score an incredible brace against fellow Champions League side RB Salzburg to cement their spot at the top of the Austrian Bundesliga.

Rohl was clearly a big fan of the striker and Sheffield Wednesday came close to signing the striker whilst he was at Arsenal on loan to Scottish Premiership side Motherwell, however he turned down a move to the Championship in favour of Sturm Graz in Austria, where he has scored seven goals in nine games so far in the 2024/25 campaign.

Sturm Graz fans have described the 21-year-old Danishman as a ‘thoroughbred striker’, per Abseits, following his fine display against RB Salzburg.

 

Mika Biereth goal record highlights clear Sheffield Wednesday issue

The Danishman’s goalscoring record in nine games makes grim viewing in comparison to Sheffield Wednesday’s current attacking options, with the Owls’ main two poachers Lowe and Ugbo massively underperforming up until this point.

They have managed to score a combined one goal in the league throughout the 2024/25 Championship season, and it is fair to say that goalscoring has been Sheffield Wednesday’s achilles heel up until this point, and there is no denying that when analysing the statistics.

Both Ugbo and Lowe simply need to take ownership of what has been a very poor start to life with the Owls, particularly the Canadian international who has had his fair share of minutes so far in the campaign.

If Sheffield Wednesday had a competent and confident attacker leading the line, they would certainly have picked up many more points t this early stage of the campaign, and it is up to the out of form duo to put an end to it.

 

 

 

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How the next five Sheffield Wednesday fixtures are shaping up, three are winnable for Danny Rohl

Sheffield Wednesday must take advantage of favourable upcoming five games.

The Owls have gone into the second international break of the campaign in much higher spirits in comparison to the previous, with a win on the weekend away at Coventry City taking Sheffield Wednesday up to 15th in the Championship table.

 

Sheffield Wednesday’s next five fixtures

Following the second international break of the season, Sheffield Wednesday will host Burnley at Hillsborough Stadium on the 19th October, which will be followed by yet another home clash as the Owls welcome Swansea City just three days later.

Their only away game of the next five league fixtures will be a long trip to Portsmouth on the 25th of October and a home game against Watford will follow a week later, with a cup clash against Brentford in-between.

The fifth fixture for Sheffield Wednesday will be yet again another game at Hillsborough Stadium, who will welcome high-flying Norwich City.

 

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Which games are winnable for Sheffield Wednesday

The Owls will be hoping for at least seven points out of a possible 15, and there is every chance they could bag three wins, with the games against Swansea City, Portsmouth and Watford looking like solid opportunities for Rohl’s side to continue to rise up the league.

Sheffield Wednesday must take advantage of four home games in the league, and whilst they are somewhat difficult games, especially against Burnley and Norwich City, the other games most certainly look like opportunities for the Owls to pick up more points.

There is every chance that this next five game run could define Rohl’s side’s season in the build up to the well-awaited Steel City derby, and Sheffield Wednesday will be most certainly wanting to go into the tie in positive fashion.

It has clearly been a somewhat lacklustre start to proceedings for Sheffield Wednesday this campaign, and the following five will certainly dictate and influence what the Owls’ ambitions should look like.