📏 Form Guide

Stoke City

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Stoke City fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-1 Championship triumph against Cardiff City.

In that match, Stoke City managed 49% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Cardiff City had 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Will Fish (85' Own goal) was the scorer for Cardiff City.

Their more recent scorelines reveal that quality has been evident in the Stoke City rearguard. Stoke City have given the opposition little, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last six clashes standing at 4.

Leading up to this clash, Stoke City:

• have not emerged victorious against Sheffield Wednesday in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 4 home league matches.

Sheffield Wednesday

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Oxford United in Championship competition, Sheffield Wednesday and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday had 64% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Oxford United got 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Sam Long (79') was the scorer for Oxford United.

Looking at their form, and Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in total. At the back, Sheffield Wednesday just haven’t been too solid at all. Such a trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, of course.

Looking at their past form shows that Sheffield Wednesday:

• have not been beaten in their last 4 away league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 26/12/2019, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Stoke City winning 2 of those games, Sheffield Wednesday 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for The Potters and 6 netted by The Owls. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The last league fixture between the two was Championship match day 22 on 21/12/2024 when it finished Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Stoke City.

That time, Sheffield Wednesday had 41% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Josh Windass (52') and Callum Paterson (76').

On the other side, Stoke City got 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Sam Allison.

📰 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Röhl has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Akin Famewo (Muscle injury) and Di'Shon Bernard (Knee injury) won’t be making appearances.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that Sheffield Wednesday may well find it hard to hit the back of the net against this Stoke City team who will likely gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore anticipating a hard-fought 1-0 winning score for Stoke City at the end of the 90.

Let’s see.

Peter Guest, 13:03 18/04/2025