Sheffield Wednesday host Fulham on Saturday in what will be Garry Monk's first league game at Hillsborough since he took over as manager.

The Owls will be in good spirits following their victory over Huddersfield last Sunday, in which Monk got his first taste of management for Wednesday.

Fulham provide the opposition this weekend, with both sides having similar prospects ahead of the new campaign.

The Cottagers have had a fairly similar start to the Owls but have slipped up recently, failing to win any of their last three fixtures.

Fulham's attack is arguably their strong point with Aleksander Mitrovic, Ivan Cavaleiro and Anthony Knockaert heading up the front three.

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Attack through the channels

This is vital, and something that Cardiff tried to exploit a few weeks ago on a number of occasions against Scott Parker's side. Steven Sessegnon and Joe Bryan love to play high up the pitch but when there's a turnover of possession, space appears in holes between the centre-halves and full-backs.

Through-balls would be key, and if accurate could find on-looking runners. Jacob Murphy and Kadeem Harris are perfect for this type of tactic, and with Barry Bannan in the central position, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this was where Sheffield Wednesday's main point of threat was delivered from.

Let Fulham keep the ball

Sheffield Wednesday have such a solid core that they are able to hurt the visitors purely by letting them keep possession of the ball, but then picking their moments when to exert energy.

If they take the game to Parker's side then they could find themselves in a bit of trouble with too many gaps being left open and the pace of Knockaert and Cavaleiro being allowed to hurt them. The Owls just need to remain patient, and rely on the counter-attack using the pace of their wingers to hit Fulham hard.

It's vital that Monk's side are able to keep their shape if they're to let Fulham have the ball, if they can't then they will end up chasing possession leaving too much space for players such as Tom Cairney to dictate the play.