Sheffield Wednesday travel to Cheltenham Town with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Wed 29.March
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

A short look at the League One table suggest an upper hand to Sheffield Wednesday when they visit Cheltenham Town. Nevertheless; let's await the match before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (28) in League One

The visiting Sheffield Wednesday played their last game only three days ago, a League One match. That game, against Forest Green Rovers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sheffield Wednesday.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Cheltenham Town at their home stadium (Jonny-Rocks Stadium) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

The Cheltenham Town regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Exeter City and win 3-1. The attacking player May was named "man of the match" for Cheltenham with the rating of 7.81/10. May scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that match, a win away at Peterborough United.

It should be noted that a glance at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Cheltenham Town as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Burton Albion are visiting.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cheltenham Town here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 18 games). 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

10-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday, who have the fewest conceded goals (28) in League One, in their League One matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sheffield are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There might be some fixture complaints from Sheffield Wednesday as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Forest Green Rovers. James, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.12. James won 5 of 6 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Barnsley wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sheffield are hosting Lincoln City in the League One only three days away.

Sheffield Wednesday find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Sheffield Wednesday as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday - Cheltenham Town 3-0 was the scoreline in these participants' latest H2H fixture, played this season. Cheltenham-Sheffield Wednesday H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Cheltenham Town zero wins, Sheffield Wednesday two wins, one draw. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
13 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
11 goals
Sheffield WednesdayM. Smith
M. Smith
10 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Cheltenham Town Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
12 7 2 Won W 4 10 23
7 4 0 Drew D 0 4 9
18 7 4 Lost L 1 4 5
32 17 6 Scored S 7 22 64
47 21 11 Conceded C 1 14 28
86% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
51% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 56% 62%
41% 39% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 28% 38%
22% 28% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 24%
11% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 16%
32% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 35%
38% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 80% 56% 57%
43% 39% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 14%
 
3.7 4.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 5.3 5.6
5.1 4.1 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.6 3.2
2.2 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.9 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.4 12.3 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16.6 13.1 14.2
2.9 3.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.1 4.7
30% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 37%
 
12.9 11.2 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 10.4 9.3
3.6 2.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 3.6 3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (28) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (10) away in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (21) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most points (34) away in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 37 23 9 5 64 28 19 13 5 1 42 14 18 10 4 4 22 14 36 78
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 36 22 6 8 60 31 18 13 1 4 36 18 18 9 5 4 24 13 29 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 37 13 10 14 53 48 18 8 5 5 29 20 19 5 5 9 24 28 5 49
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 37 12 7 18 32 47 18 7 4 7 17 21 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 43
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.