📏 Form Guide

Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield Wednesday go into this match following a 2-2 Championship draw vs Blackburn Rovers.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday had 40% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Sheffield Wednesday, the scorers were Yan Valery (16') and Djeidi Gassama (38'). Blackburn Rovers got 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Tyrhys Dolan (51') and Yuki Ohashi (85') scored for Blackburn Rovers.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Sheffield Wednesday have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 7 goals on the way.

Looking at their past form shows that Sheffield Wednesday:

• have not been beaten in the league by Oxford United in their previous 3 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 7 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Oxford United

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Queens Park Rangers in Championship competition, Oxford United will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Oxford United had 52% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Oxford United, the scorers were Ole Romeny (42' Own goal) and Stanley Mills (62'). Queens Park Rangers got 11 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Ronnie Edwards (7') and Min-hyeok Yang (91') scored for Queens Park Rangers.

In their last 6 outings, Oxford United have bagged the sum of 7 goals. Oxford United have also managed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have seen 8 goals go into their own net. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see whether that trend might continue on here in this match.

Coming into this clash, Oxford United have not won away from home in their last 9 league games. Who knows how long it might last, too.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 25/08/2015, there has been little between the sides with Sheffield Wednesday winning 2 of those games, Oxford United 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 for The Owls and 7 belonging to The U's. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The last league contest between these sides was Championship match day 21 on 14/12/2024 when it ended Oxford United 1-3 Sheffield Wednesday.

On that occasion, Oxford United had 51% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Greg Leigh (17').

For their opponents, Sheffield Wednesday got 15 shots on goal with 9 on target. Josh Windass (28'), Jamal Lowe (49') and Djeidi Gassama (61') scored.

The referee was Stephen Martin.

📰 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

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

ℹ️ Team News: Oxford United

Oxford United boss Gary Rowett has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Joe Bennett (Thigh problems) and Ben Nelson (unknown injury) are not ready for selection.

✨ Prediction

It looks to us that Sheffield Wednesday should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the other end, Oxford United will not find it easy getting goals although we do think it’s probable that they will be scoring here.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Sheffield Wednesday at the end of this one.

Lucas Pereira, 13:03 12/04/2025