📊 Form Guide

Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield Wednesday will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 2-1 Championship success vs Middlesbrough.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday managed 45% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. For Sheffield Wednesday, goals were scored by Josh Windass (54') and Anthony Musaba (89'). Middlesbrough got 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. Finn Azaz (11') was the scorer for Middlesbrough.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Sheffield Wednesday haven’t conceded. In fact, Sheffield Wednesday have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals in the process.

Coming into this meeting, Sheffield Wednesday haven't lost in the league to Portsmouth in their previous 6 matches.

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth come into this meeting after a 1-0 Championship win against Watford in their last fixture.

In that game, Portsmouth had 48% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 10 on target. The only player to score for Portsmouth was Colby Bishop (25'). On the other side, Watford got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Throughout their 6 previous matches, John Mousinho's Portsmouth have converted a total of 10 times, yielding them the goals per game average of 1.67.

Going into this encounter, Portsmouth haven't beaten Sheffield Wednesday when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head meetings going back to 12/04/2003 reveals that these fixtures have not been good ones for Portsmouth. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Sheffield Wednesday have dominated them, winning in 67 per cent of those matches.

A combined sum of 18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 12 from The Owls and 6 for Pompey. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Championship match day 12 on 25/10/2024 when the final score was Portsmouth 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday.

That time, Portsmouth managed 40% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Connor Ogilvie (44').

On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday had 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Josh Windass (55') and Michael Smith (70') scored.

The referee was Tim Robinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

Akin Famewo (Muscle injury) and Di'Shon Bernard (Knee injury) will not be taking part for Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Röhl.

In all likelihood, The Owls will probably make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for this one and select Pierce Charles, Yan Valery, Gabriel Otegbayo, Shea Charles, Marvin Johnson, Svante Ingelsson, Barry Bannan, Djeidi Gassama, Callum Paterson, Josh Windass and Michael Smith.

📰 Team News: Portsmouth

Portsmouth manager John Mousinho has a number of players out of action. Ibane Bowat (Patellar tendon rupture), Jacob Farrell (Knee surgery) and Hayden Matthews (Ankle surgery) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Pompey could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Rob Atkinson, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Isaac Hayden, Matt Ritchie, Callum Lang, Adil Aouchiche and Kusini Yengi.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Portsmouth have the capability to put a goal past this Sheffield Wednesday outfit, but it realistically won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re expecting a close game with a 2-1 win for Sheffield Wednesday after 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Renata Leite, 13:02 26/04/2025