📊 Form Guide

Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield Wednesday will be hoping for a better result following the 2-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Stoke City.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday managed 56% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Stoke City had 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Million Manhoef (21') and Ben Wilmot (61') scored for Stoke City.

It has been seldom in recent games that Sheffield Wednesday haven’t conceded. The reality is that Sheffield Wednesday have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals on the way.

Their previous form shows that Sheffield Wednesday:

• have not won against Middlesbrough in their last 4 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 8 league games. They will be so desperate to end this run.

Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough will come into the meeting after a 2-1 Championship win to beat Plymouth Argyle in their most recent outing.

In that game, Middlesbrough managed 75% possession and 22 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Middlesbrough, the scorers were Finn Azaz (12') and Tommy Conway (93'). For their opponents, Plymouth Argyle got 18 shots at goal with 5 on target. Mustapha Bundu (17') was the scorer for Plymouth Argyle.

A run of outstanding displays by the Middlesbrough defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their last 6 fixtures overall. In that time, their forwards have scored 6. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, of course.

Coming into this clash, Middlesbrough have not registered a win against Sheffield Wednesday when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 22/07/2020 tells us that Sheffield Wednesday have won 1 of these games and Middlesbrough 3, with the tally of draws being 2.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from The Owls and 12 coming from The Boro. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Middlesbrough 3-3 Sheffield Wednesday.

That time, Middlesbrough had 57% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Ben Doak (5') and Finn Azaz (15', 30').

On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday had 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Svante Ingelsson (47'), Josh Windass (54') and Yan Valery (61') scored.

The match was refereed by Anthony Backhouse.

📋 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

Akin Famewo (Muscle injury) and Di'Shon Bernard (Knee injury) won’t be available for Sheffield Wednesday gaffer Danny Röhl.

📋 Team News: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Aidan Morris (Knee injury), Riley McGree (unknown injury) and Darragh Lenihan (Ankle surgery) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. Our tip is therefore for a very close game with a score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 13:02 21/04/2025