Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna says both players and supporters need to go into tomorrow's home game against Sheffield Wednesday with their 'eyes wide open'.

The Owls may be 23rd in the table, but that doesn't tell the full story of their remarkable revival under new boss Danny Röhl. Five wins from the last seven games has moved the South Yorkshire club to within a point of safety.

"They've certainly improved, there's no doubt about that," said McKenna, whose side finished just two points ahead of Wednesday in a high-quality League One promotion race last season.

"They've always had good individual quality, they've added more pace and one-v-one qualities to the team in the last two windows and now the manager has got them really well organised from a tactical point of view on and off the ball, playing an aggressive brand of football. So we're expecting to face the strongest Sheffield Wednesday team we've faced.

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"They've been in good form for quite a period of time. Since October they are certainly not one of the lower teams in the division. We'll go into the game with eyes open, respecting their team and the quality that they'll have. We all need to go to the stadium knowing we're in for a battle and it's going to be a really hard fought game."

The Blues boss added: "I think it will be a great game. I don't expect them to come and sit back and defend. I expect them to play with an attacking mindset because they've done that in pretty much every game they've had with the new manager. We do that in every game too, of course.

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"I think it's going to be two teams trying to take the initiative and be brave and dominant. It's a game to enjoy, one to embrace. We're going to have to play well, work extremely hard and be very smart to come out on top performance-wise and, hopefully, come out on top with the points."

A return to winning ways, following last weekend's last-gasp 2-1 defeat at Cardiff, would lift Town back into the Championship automatic promotion spots and put the pressure on Leeds to respond in their home game against Millwall on Sunday.

"From the November international break to this international break is relentless, so no doubt it would be great to finish off this period on a high," said McKenna. 

"First and foremost we want to deliver a good performance to enthuse and excite our supporters. And, of course, it would be great to get the win."