📊 Form Guide

Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield Wednesday prepare for this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Championship drawn game versus Norwich City.

In that game, Sheffield Wednesday had 42% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Sheffield Wednesday, the scorers were Michael Ihiekwe (78') and Michael Smith (85'). On the other side, Norwich City got 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Josh Sargent (11') and Borja Sainz (16') scored for Norwich City.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Sheffield Wednesday have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 13 goals along the way. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Pre-game facts show that Sheffield Wednesday:

• are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.

Stoke City

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Swansea City in Championship action, Stoke City and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Stoke City had 49% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Swansea City got 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Liam Cullen (19'), Matt Grimes (53') and Josh Key (73') scored for Swansea City.

The stats tell the story, and Stoke City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals overall. In defence, Stoke City have some weaknesses to address.

Heading into this contest, Stoke City haven't beaten Sheffield Wednesday when they've played them away from home in the last 5 league matches. Not good at all.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 30/03/2019, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Sheffield Wednesday winning 2 of those games, Stoke City 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A combined sum of 8 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 for The Owls and 4 created by The Potters. That’s an average goals per game of 1.33.

The last league contest between these sides was Championship match day 20 on 09/12/2023 and the score finished Stoke City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday.

In that game, Stoke City had 49% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

For their opponents, Sheffield Wednesday got 6 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Anthony Musaba (91') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by David Coote.

🗞️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Röhl to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Juan Delgado (Hip injury) is sidelined.

It looks as if The Owls could line up in a 4-2-3-1 system this time and select James Beadle, Pol Valentin, Dominic Iorfa, Michael Ihiekwe, Akin Famewo, Will Vaulks, Barry Bannan, Anthony Musaba, Josh Windass, Djeidi Gassama and Michael Smith.

🗞️ Team News: Stoke City

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the Stoke City gaffer Steven Schumacher to contend with. Frank Fielding (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that The Potters could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Daniel Iversen, Ki-Jana Hoever, Luke McNally, Michael Rose, Enda Stevens, Josh Laurent, Lewis Baker, Million Manhoef, Joon-ho Bae, André Vidigal and Tyrese Campbell.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Stoke City and Sheffield Wednesday could find scoring goals difficult here.

A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought 0-0 score at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:01 13/04/2024