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Sheffield Wednesday take on the visiting Swansea City at Hillsborough Stadium in the Championship tie on Friday.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City are shown below (including the best match odds).
📊 Form Guide
Sheffield Wednesday
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Sheffield Wednesday will be wanting a better result here after a 6-0 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Ipswich Town.
In that match, Sheffield Wednesday had 43% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Ipswich Town had 20 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Omari Hutchinson (15', 49'), Cameron Burgess (37'), Nathan Broadhead (45') and Ali Al Hamadi (80', 90') scored for Ipswich Town.
An interesting trait of more recent Sheffield Wednesday games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.
From their previous sextet of clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've been a loser.
Heading into this fixture, Sheffield Wednesday haven't beaten Swansea City in their last 5 league matches.
Swansea City
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Swansea City head into the meeting following a 2-0 Championship win with the downing of Cardiff City in their last fixture.
In that game, Swansea City had 55% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Swansea City, the goals were scored by Liam Cullen (34') and Jamal Lowe (96'). Cardiff City had 11 shots on goal with 2 on target.
The stats tell the story, and Swansea City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 6 goals in all. In defence, Swansea City have not been doing too well. Despite that, it remains to be seen if such a trend shall be sustained in this game.
Pre-game facts show that Swansea City:
- remain undefeated by Sheffield Wednesday when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their prior head to head meetings going back to 23/02/2019 tells us that Sheffield Wednesday have won 1 of them and Swansea City 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for The Owls and 11 being from The Swans. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league game between these clubs was Championship match day 8 on 23/09/2023 when it finished Swansea City 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday.
That time, Swansea City had 57% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Jamal Lowe (28'), Jerry Yates (64') and Charlie Patino (67').
For their opponents, Sheffield Wednesday got 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.
The referee was Anthony Backhouse.
📰 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday
Jeff Hendrick (unknown injury) and Juan Delgado (Hip injury) are unavailable for Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Röhl.
📰 Team News: Swansea City
With a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Swansea City manager Luke Williams does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this match.
⚡ Prediction
Our thinking is that Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.
There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. That is why we are leaning toward a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 14:07 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Sheffield Wednesday
Formed: 1867
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium (39,732)
Captain: Barry Bannan
Chairman: Dejphon Chansiri
Manager: Danny Röhl
Competitions: Championship position 23
🔑 Key Player: Anthony Musaba
Regularly playing in the Right Wing position, Anthony Musaba was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands. After making a first senior appearance for NEC in the 2018 - 2019 season, the goalscoring Forward has got 5 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 35 appearances.
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38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 82 | WDWWW |
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38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 82 | LLWDL |
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38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 81 | WWWLW |
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36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 73 | WLLWW |
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39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 67 | DWDWW |
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38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 61 | DWLWW |
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37 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 58 | WDDDD |
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37 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 57 | WLLWW |
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37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 56 | DWDLW |
10 |
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38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 54 | LWWWD |
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38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | -8 | 53 | WWWWL |
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39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 50 | LLWLW |
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38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 48 | LLLLD |
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38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 48 | LLDLW |
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38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 46 | WWDLW |
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39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 44 | WWDWL |
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38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 42 | DLDDD |
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38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 41 | WLLDL |
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38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 41 | LWLWL |
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38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 40 | WWDLD |
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38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 39 | LDLLL |
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38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | -19 | 39 | WDLLD |
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38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | -31 | 38 | WWWLL |
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38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | -47 | 20 | LLLLD |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
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Ike Ugbo | 6 |
Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri | 4 |
Marvin Johnson | 4 |
Michael Smith | 4 |
Jamal Lowe | 9 |
Jerry Yates | 8 |
Liam Cullen | 7 |
Jamie Paterson | 6 |
Harry Darling | 3 |
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