Given how regularly Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday have played with a back three and wing-backs recently, it seemed inevitable they would do so again for the first leg of their League One play-off semi-final. Alex Neil was one step ahead, though.
Sunderland host Sheffield Wednesday on Friday night at the Stadium of Light – and key Owls man Barry Bannan is a doubt.
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