Leading scorer Lee Mills is hoping to be fit for what he describes as a 'massive game' against the Premiership's bottom club Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough tomorrow.

Mills sprained his ankle in City's 3-1 FA Cup defeat at Gillingham on Tuesday but said: I will have a late fitness test, but I think I will be OK."

The 30-year-old striker is the Bantams' leading scorer with six goals - five in the premiership and one in the Worthington Cup - so far including his first minute strike against Chelsea in last Saturday's 1-1 draw at Valley Parade.

But he is conscious that City are having problem scoring goals at the top level.

He said: "I am not pleased with my strike rate of six goals, but I am pleased with the number of goals I have scored compared with the number of chances you get in the Premiership.

"It's a lot harder to score goals in this division."

Mills has proved to be a good signing for manager Paul Jewell who made him the club's first ever £1million signing when he lured him away from Port Vale just 24 hours before the start of last season.

Mills, who had also had previously had spells with Wolves and Derby, responded with a impressive 23 goals as City clinched promotion to the top flight.

Now Mills is determined to help the Bantams survive their first season in the Premiership.

It is all a big transformation for the Mexborough-born player who had his first shot at soccer with non-league Stocksbridge before getting his break with Wolves.

His South Yorkshire roots meen that Mills is particularly keen to impress against Wednesday - a club he watched as a youngster.

He said: "When I was at Stocksbridge I used to follow Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley, whoever was doing well."

The importance of tomorrow's match is not lost on Mills either. It is a game which neither side can really afford to lose at such a key stage of the season.

City have lost their last six away league games and need to end that run.

"When you think about it, Danny Wilson will be telling his men that if they beat us it will turn their season around, said Mills.

"We have got to make sure we are on top form and take something from the game to make sure it is a turning point for us after the cup defeat.

"Three points for us would be a massive boost for our prospects and it would drive another nail into Wednesday's coffin."

A City win would open an 11 point gap between them and the Owls but defeat - an option the Bantams do not want to contemplate - would put the Hillsborough side within five points of the Bantams and give them new heart.

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