Sheffield Wednesday travel to Preston North End for an afternoon kick-off as they look to end what has been a very positive 2016 for the club on a high.
The victory at St James' Park on Boxing Day means the Owls come into the final round of fixtures of the year in the top 6 but they must continue to pick up positive results to keep the pace.
Carlos Carvalhal has no new injury concerns but may not risk rushing Kieran Lee back to the side after the midfielder missed the Boxing Day fixture due to a hip injury. Long term injury victim Marco Matias remains sidelined, as do winger Will Buckley and striker Gary Hooper.
Fernando Forestieri will be keen to make an impression as he was goaded into a red-card when the two teams met at the start of the month.
Preston will be without ex-Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford following his red card in PNE's heavy defeat to his former club last time out.
Influential forward Paul Gallagher could return from a calf injury and former Owls loan winger Aiden McGeady should shake off a groin strain but Calum Woods and John Welsh will not feature for the home side.
The Owls have won 5 of their last 6 games including a 2-1 home win in a hotly contested game against Preston.
North End fell apart in losing 4-1 at home to Leeds on Boxing Day but the defeat at Hillsborough was their only other loss in their last 8 games.
Wednesday's last visit to Deepdale resulted in a 1-0 defeat almost a year ago when Forestieri was sent off.