{"id":363014,"date":"2025-08-21T21:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363014\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T21:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:13:13","slug":"predicted-wrexham-lineup-to-play-sheffield-wednesday-this-weekend-nathan-broadhead-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363014\/","title":{"rendered":"Predicted Wrexham lineup to play Sheffield Wednesday this weekend, Nathan Broadhead starts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wrexham take on Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship this weekend and what is going to be another tough game for Phil Parkinson\u2019s side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a tough start for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrexham<\/a> in the Championship this season. So far the Dragons have lost both their games with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/match\/wrexham-player-ratings-vs-west-brom-as-lewis-obrien-steals-the-show-but-there-are-two-3-10-performances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrexham losing 3-2 at home to West Brom<\/a> in the last outing.<\/p>\n<p>But in both that defeat and in the defeat against Southampton, the Dragons have shown some real promise. And on top of that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/club\/manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Parkinson\u2019s<\/a> side keep on going in the transfer market with reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/wrexham-closing-in-on-a-deal-to-sign-manchester-city-player-for-another-huge-sum-of-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wrexham are close to signing Callum Doyle from Manchester City<\/a> in an \u00a38million deal.<\/p>\n<p>Though it looks unlikely that Doyle will arrive in time to feature on Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday. Like Wrexham, the Owls have lost their opening two Championship games losing 3-0 against Stoke City last time out.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229083056-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Windass during Wrexham v Hull City - Carabao Cup First Round\" class=\"wp-image-44760\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesWrexham team news vs Sheffield Wednesday as Josh Windass misses out<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham have a few injured players right now, and the latest player to pick up an injury is Josh Windass. Against West Brom, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/news\/wrexham-boss-phil-parkinson-drops-worrying-josh-windass-injury-verdict-after-west-brom-thats-a-blow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windass picked up a muscle injury<\/a> and has since been ruled out for up to eight weeks, ruling out a reunion with former club Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/news\/wrexham-player-receives-international-call-up-just-days-after-phil-parkinson-confirmed-injury-scare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberato Cacace missed Wrexham\u2019s game against West Brom<\/a> with a minor knock, but Parkinson says he and George Thomason are making good progress.<\/p>\n<p>Ollie Rathbone remains injured, along with Jay Rodriguez and Andy Cannon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2219351102-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Broadhead of Wales arrives\" class=\"wp-image-44887\" \/>Photo by Franco Arland \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesWrexham\u2019s predicted lineup to face Sheffield Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Expect James McClean to keep his place at left-back with Cacace seemingly still injured, in what could be an unchanged defence from the game against West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson was critical of his defenders against the Baggies though and so they\u2019ll have to really up their game against Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the team could also prove unchanged with a midfield three of Lewis O\u2019Brien, Matty James and George Dobson, though Windass will obviously need replacing.<\/p>\n<p>Expect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/official-wrexham-statement-confirms-new-club-record-signing-as-phil-parkinson-splashes-the-cash-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">club record signing Nathan Broadhead<\/a> to start in place of Windass and pair Welsh international teammate Kieffer Moore in attack.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how we think Wrexham could line up against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham take on Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship this weekend and what is going to be another tough&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,9030,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-363014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-championship","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115068824802691842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}