Sheffield Wednesday will look to put an end to their stuttering form and cement their place in the Championship's play-off positions when they face Yorkshire rivals Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday.

The Owls head into the clash in sixth spot, but they are just one point above seventh-placed Fulham after winning only one of their last seven league games.

Carlos Carvalhal’s men come into the encounter against the Tykes on the back of two consecutive 2-0 defeats against Aston Villa and at home to Reading last time out, but it certainly won’t be an easy task to get back to winning ways.

Paul Heckingbottom’s men are 11th in the standings, despite this being a season in which they have lost some of their key players to divisional rivals. That said, they are also without a win in six matches.

Here are THREE Barnsley players that could dent Wednesday’s play-off hopes this weekend…

Tom Bradshaw

The 24-year-old striker may only be in his debut season in the Championship after moving to Oakwell from Walsall last summer, but he has impressed, scoring eight goals in 34 league appearances this term.

He has had to step up to plate even more following Sam Winnall’s departure to Sheffield Wednesday during the January transfer window, but with three strikes in his last seven games, he is going some way to doing that for the mid-table Tykes.

Marley Watkins

Like Bradshaw, Watkins has also scored eight Championship goals this season and comes into this Yorkshire derby having netted twice in his side’s last five league fixtures.

Following the departures of Winnall and captain Conor Hourihane during the January transfer window, the 26-year-old knew that he needed to help replace the goals the Tykes lost with those departures, and he will certainly look to give Owls left-back Morgan Fox something to think about at Oakwell on Saturday.

Matty James

Following the departure of Hourihane to Aston Villa in January, Paul Heckingbottom tried to plug the hole by signing Alex Mowatt from Leeds and James on loan from Leicester City, and it is perhaps the latter who has been more impressive so far.

The 25-year-old was named as the man of the match after assisting Marley Watkins for his goal in the 1-1 draw against Ipswich earlier this month, while he also got on the scoresheet in the 2-1 defeat to Derby County.