Bannan happy to be underdog

Barry Bannan says Sheffield Wednesday are comfortable with being underdogs as they potentially stand just 90 minutes from a return to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.

The Hillsborough side meet Hull City in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Saturday and Scotland international Bannan concedes Steve Bruce’s men are favourites.

At one stage it seemed as though Hull would claim an automatic promotion slot and they were top of the table until eventual winners Burnley displaced them on February 27.

Wednesday, meanwhile, finished sixth and are bidding to become only the second team from that position since West Ham in 2005 to win the final, the other being Blackpool in 2010.

Hull finished nine points ahead of their fellow Yorkshire team and ended the season relatively strongly after the dip which saw them fall from the top two.

Wednesday were more inconsistent but performed well in the semi-finals …

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