The early weeks of the English Football League are heating up, with teams battling just to get points on the board and others still striving for perfection.

Wrexham and Sheffield Wednesday will face off, both hoping to avoid a third consecutive Championship defeat, while Stevenage and Crewe Alexandra will face stiff road tests if they are to maintain their 100% records in League One and Two.

At the same time, Home Park will host a clash between two bosses under early pressure, Tom Cleverley and Steve Bruce, as a familiar face returns to Birmingham.

Here are five things to keep an eye on over the weekend.

Could it be third time lucky? The Red Dragons host Sheffield Wednesday at the Stok Cae Ras on Saturday (15:00 BST), a team whose turmoil feels all-consuming and has yet to get their points tally moving.

Despite their financial difficulties and a team stripped to the bone, Wednesday have shown plenty of spirit in defeats to Leicester and Stoke over the last two weeks and will not go down without a fight.

“Both clubs will be looking at it as a big game for both teams, but certainly for us, the sooner we can get that win, [the better] to get up and running,” new Wrexham defender Conor Coady told The Monday Night Club podcast.

“I don’t want it to be, ‘Oh, Wrexham are in the Championship, let’s just enjoy the ride’.”

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