Sheffield Wednesday vs West Bromwich Albion Live Stream, Predictions

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Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield Wednesday, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-3 Championship success versus Blackburn Rovers.

In that game, Sheffield Wednesday managed 40% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Sheffield Wednesday, the scorers were Josh Windass (6') and Marvin Johnson (58'). For their opponents, Blackburn Rovers got 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Sammie Szmodics (9') and Aynsley Pears (64' Own goal) scored for Blackburn Rovers.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Sheffield Wednesday haven’t conceded. In fact, Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals during that time. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Sheffield Wednesday:

• have left without a victory over West Bromwich Albion in their last 9 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 league matches. That's never good.

West Bromwich Albion

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Leicester City in Championship competition, West Bromwich Albion and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, West Bromwich Albion had 53% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for West Bromwich Albion was Jed Wallace (76'). At the other end, Leicester City had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Wilfred Ndidi (22') and Jamie Vardy (65') scored for Leicester City.

The numbers tell their own story, and West Bromwich Albion have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals in all. Defensively, West Bromwich Albion can certainly do much better.

Their past results show that West Bromwich Albion:

• are undefeated by Sheffield Wednesday when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over past results between these clubs stretching back to 09/03/2010 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Sheffield Wednesday. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas West Bromwich Albion have dominated them, beating them in 67% of those ties.

A combined sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from The Owls and 10 created by The Baggies. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Championship match day 10 on 03/10/2023 when it finished West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion had 72% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was John Swift (13').

Sheffield Wednesday got 4 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was John Busby.

ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Sheffield Wednesday gaffer Danny Röhl to contend with due to a largely intact squad. Juan Delgado (Hip injury) is out of contention.

It’s our opinion that The Owls could line up in a 3-4-1-2 system for this game and select James Beadle, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Akin Famewo, Pol Valentin, Will Vaulks, Barry Bannan, Marvin Johnson, Anthony Musaba, Josh Windass and Iké Ugbo.

🗞️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion manager Carlos Corberán has multiple availability issues to deal with. Jayson Molumby (unknown injury) and Daryl Dike (Achilles tendon surgery) will not be playing here.

We reckon that The Baggies might play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Alex Palmer, Darnell Furlong, Cédric Kipré, Kyle Bartley, Conor Townsend, Okay Yokuslu, Yann M'Vila, Jed Wallace, Alex Mowatt, Michael Johnston and Grady Diangana.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield Wednesday could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought 0-0 scoreline at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 05:01 26/04/2024