Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 26)

📊 Form Guide

Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield Wednesday, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-1 Championship success against Middlesbrough.

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

It has not been often in recent games that Sheffield Wednesday have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Sheffield Wednesday have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, 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 head into the meeting following a 1-0 Championship win to beat Watford in their previous fixture.

In that game, Portsmouth had 48% possession and 19 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. The scorer for Portsmouth was Colby Bishop (25'). Watford had 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

John Mousinho's Portsmouth have found the back of the net a total of 10 times throughout their most recent six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period adds up to 8.

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 examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 12/04/2003 shows that these encounters have been pretty painful for Portsmouth. They have not managed to get any wins at all whereas Sheffield Wednesday have just been too good for them, finishing as winners in 67% of those ties.

An aggregate of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 12 of them for The Owls and 6 belonging to Pompey. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league fixture between these sides was Championship match day 12 on 25/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Portsmouth 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday.

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

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

The match was refereed by Tim Robinson.

📰 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

Akin Famewo (Muscle injury) and Di'Shon Bernard (Knee injury) are not available for Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Röhl.

📋 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) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

🧠 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.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds on the WDW market, putting your money on Sheffield Wednesday is available for 2, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.9 & putting your money on a win for Portsmouth gets you 3.4. They’re the most competitive bets offered right now.

Renata Leite, 08:04 22/04/2025