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It looks like a chilly night in South Yorkshire, Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo's attire is anything to go by.

Mind you, when it comes to attire, Willy Boly is sporting the short sleeve and gloves combo. I just cannot get my head around that.

Neither keeper tested yet.

Great defending from Ruben Vinagre. Liam Palmer looks to surge past the teenage defender but he gets his body between Palmer and the ball and sees the ball out for a goal kick.

Sheffield Wednesday are, you sense, just starting to crank up the pressure here as a cross just drifts beyond Jordan Rhodes.

Jordan Rhodes is asked to chase a big punt forward into the corner by the Owls, but Willy Boly - a beast of a defender - gets across to shepherd the ball out of play.

No chances for either side yet.

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You get the feeling the records could keep on tumbling for Wolves this season.

A victory and clean sheet tonight would mean a club-record four away league matches without letting in a goal.

One for keeper John Ruddy to be proud of as much as anyone else.

Wolves are straight on the front foot, with Ivan Cavaleiro and Matt Doherty probing down the right.

The Sheffield Wednesday defence is able to cut out a couple of crosses, but it's a positive start for the visitors.

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Former Wolves forward on BBC WM

"Sheffield Wednesday are expected to perform in front of their own fans, unlike Sunderland last Saturday.

"The pressure is on them and the onus is on Wolves to frustrate the home side and gradually come into the game.

"The worst thing they can do is they give the home fans something to shout about."

Wolves get us under way, attacking the Kop end of Hillsborough in the first half.

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The teams are out at Hillsborough. Kick off is moments away as 'Hi ho Sheffield Wednesday/Wolverhampton'* booms around the ground.

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So Carlos Carvalhal reckons Wolves are the best team the Championship has seen for years.

But are they the best the division's ever seen? Better than the Reading side that finished with 106 points in 2006 even though they've won nothing yet?

Let us know using #bbcefl on Twitter.

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Championship manager after Championship manager has described Wolves as the division's best side this season.

But Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal has gone one further.

"We play against the best team I've seen in the Championship in two and a half seasons," said Carvalhal at his pre-match press conference.

"Not just because they have individuals, but because they have quality.

"Individually they have very good players and also they have good organisation, which makes them the best team I've seen (since joining). We have a big, big challenge."

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As well as the action from Hillsborough, there's one game in League Two this evening as Swindon Town welcome Colchester United to the County Ground.

Whoever wins will go fifth, two points behind the automatic promotion places.

Meanwhile, a draw will be enough to see both sides edge above seventh-placed Coventry, with the Robins above the U's and in the play-off places on goals scored.

We'll keep you updated with how that one is going.

It's fair to say Sheffield Wednesday are injury-hit tonight as they're without nine players with 920 appearances for the club.

There's two changes to the side that lost at Norwich last Saturday, with Joe Wildsmith replacing Keiren Westwood in goal and Jacob Butterfield in for Barry Bannan in midfield. Both Westwood and Bannan are among the injured nine.

Sheff Wed: Wildsmith; Palmer, Loovens, Van Aken, Fox; Wallace, Butterfield, Jones, Reach; Rhodes, Hooper.

Subs: Kean, Nuhiu, Joao, Matias, Pudil, Abdi, Vanancio

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It's Portuguese teenager Ruben Vinagre who gets the nod to replace Barry Douglas in the only change to a settled Wolves line-up.

There's a place on the bench for the first time under Nuno Espirito Santo for another teenager Morgan Gibbs-White, who was part of England Under-17's World Cup-winning squad.

Wolves: Ruddy; Bennett, Coady, Boly; Doherty, Neves, Saiss, Vinagre; Cavaleiro, Bonatini, Jota.

Subs: Norris, Batth, Miranda, N'Diaye, Gibbs-White, Costa, Enobakhare.

Wolves will be forced into at least one change this evening, with left wing back Barry Douglas ruled out with a knock picked up against Sunderland last weekend.

But who replaces the Scot? Here's tonight's team news.

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There will be a notable absentee from the technical area tonight, as Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal serves his one-game touchline ban.

Carvalhal was dismissed from the 2-2 draw with Hull on 2 December and fined £3,000 after reacting angrily when the referee turned down appeals for a penalty for a handball in the Hull box.

"There was an unbelievable penalty. The defender acted like a goalkeeper - it is very clear," he said after the game.

This isn't Carvalhal's first touchline ban of the season: the Owls boss missed two matches and was fined £4,000 after clashing with Bolton Wanderers boss Phil Parkinson in the second round of the Carabao Cup in August.

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A hangover from last season's play-off semi-final defeat, or just a poor start to the season?

Either way, results have been mixed for Sheffield Wednesday, and Tuesday's 3-1 defeat at Norwich extended the Owls' winless streak to five league games.

They are now 15th, 10 points adrift of the seventh place having won six, lost six and drawn nine this term.

Carlos Carvalhal's side finished fourth last season - but lost on penalties to Huddersfield in the play-off semi-final.

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Wolves could have been targeting their eighth successive victory tonight - if 10-man Sunderland hadn't held them to a goalless draw last Saturday.

Despite failing to extend their winning run, Nuno Espirito Santo's men start tonight eight points clear of third-placed Bristol City and four points ahead of second-placed Cardiff.

Only two teams in the top four tiers of English football have scored more league goals than Wolves' 41: Manchester City (48) and Luton Town (49).

But Wolves' best run of successive victories in modern times came under Kenny Jackett in 2014, when they managed nine straight League One wins on their way to winning promotion.

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It's quite a compelling stat and unfortunately won't make Sheffield Wednesday fans any more confident of stopping the Championship leaders tonight.

Wolves have won eight and drawn nine of their previous 18 trips to Hillsborough in all competitions - their only defeat there since 1964 was a 4-1 tonking in December 2015.

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Hillsborough is the venue for this evening's Championship match in which a win for Wolves will guarantee them top spot for Christmas.

It's also been a pretty happy hunting ground in recent times for the Molineux men...