Swans must 'celebrate the small things' to beat Owls

Vitor Matos says Swansea City must "celebrate the small things" as they look to continue their fine home form against bottom-club Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday (12:01 GMT).

Since losing their first game under Matos at home to Derby in November, Swansea have taken 16 points from six league fixtures on their own patch.

They will aim to extend that sparkling run against a Wednesday side who have lost seven straight Championship fixtures and have not scored in their past eight.

Thanks in part to EFL points deductions, the Owls are 34 points adrift at the foot of the table with relegation to League One already an inevitability.

But Matos has warned his players that nothing will come easy even though Wednesday are in "a hard situation".

"If we look to all their recent past games, they always stayed in the game until the end," he said.

"They always have a way to compete and I think even when they lost games, they are really close in terms of numbers. We have full respect.

"It will be a game where more than anything we need to celebrate the small things. We need to celebrate the proper tackle, we need to celebrate a good press, we need to celebrate a good clearance out of the box, a good cross, a corner."

Matos says Swansea's fans will have a part to play, particularly given the early kick-off time.

"We hope that the stadium goes with us because it's a game at a special time of the day as well," he added.

"If we can have the energy of the stadium in a way that we understand that the small things will be really important, I think that will be massive."