Sheffield Wednesday greet Bolton Wanderers as clear favourites: Read our preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

A lot at stake in this match, with Sheffield Wednesday positioned 1st and Bolton Wanderers at 6th. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (22) in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an animated match!

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

43 points is a decent return from 18 League One games here at Hillsborough Stadium for Sheffield Wednesday. The data says 13 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. The Sheffield Wednesday fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Hillsborough Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Sheffield Wednesday has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cameron Dawson not having conceded a league goal in 336 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Sheffield Wednesday, who won 1-0 against Portsmouth (placed 10th). The score 1-0 has occurred to the home side three times in a row! Defender Flint got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Flint won 4 of 6 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Peterborough United.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sheffield matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats (from 8 games).

It should be noted that a look at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield Wednesday as they are travelling to their away game against Barnsley in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

Sheffield Wednesday can score goals in their home matches. After 18 league matches they have found the net 41 times. Sheffield have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Bolton Wanderers aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 222 league minutes without a goal. Charles was the last player to find the net.

Bolton Wanderers's previous game was their home loss versus Ipswich Town (0-2). Morley got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Morley hit three key passes.

Before that, Bolton Wanderers travelled to Morecambe and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visiting Wanderers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bolton Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when playing Bolton Wanderers.

Bolton Wanderers - Sheffield 0-2 was the story when this pair of sides last played each other, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Bolton WanderersD. Charles
D. Charles
15 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
11 goals
Sheffield WednesdayM. Smith
M. Smith
10 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Bolton Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
23 13 3 Won W 1 6 18
8 4 1 Drew D 1 5 9
3 1 1 Lost L 4 7 10
61 41 7 Scored S 7 23 51
22 13 5 Conceded C 9 19 30
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 84%
62% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 67% 65%
38% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 41%
24% 39% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 22% 19%
15% 28% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 11%
32% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 35%
62% 61% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 49%
12% 11% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 39% 32%
 
5.6 6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.8 5.6
3.3 1.8 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.8 4.6
1.7 1.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.3 15.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 12.1 11.8
4.6 5.2 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.3
39% 44% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 40% 42%
 
9.5 8.5 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 11.5 10.7
3 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (22) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (21) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most scored goals (41) at home in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 34 23 8 3 61 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 16 10 4 2 20 9 39 77
2 Plymouth Argyle 36 22 8 6 63 41 18 16 1 1 36 13 18 6 7 5 27 28 22 74
3 Ipswich Town 36 20 12 4 70 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 39 72
4 Barnsley 34 20 6 8 55 29 17 12 1 4 32 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 26 66
5 Derby County 36 18 10 8 59 35 18 12 4 2 37 14 18 6 6 6 22 21 24 64
6 Bolton Wanderers 37 18 9 10 51 30 19 12 4 3 28 11 18 6 5 7 23 19 21 63
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 17 6 12 48 34 18 10 4 4 28 16 17 7 2 8 20 18 14 57
8 Shrewsbury Town 36 16 7 13 47 39 18 10 2 6 28 22 18 6 5 7 19 17 8 55
9 Peterborough United 35 17 3 15 55 45 18 11 2 5 33 21 17 6 1 10 22 24 10 54
10 Portsmouth 35 13 12 10 46 41 18 7 8 3 28 18 17 6 4 7 18 23 5 51
11 Exeter City 35 12 10 13 47 45 17 7 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 25 2 46
12 Lincoln City 35 9 18 8 33 35 17 4 13 0 16 11 18 5 5 8 17 24 -2 45
13 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 50 56 17 5 6 6 22 26 18 7 3 8 28 30 -6 45
14 Port Vale 36 12 8 16 36 50 18 7 4 7 18 22 18 5 4 9 18 28 -14 44
15 Fleetwood Town 36 10 13 13 37 38 18 5 6 7 17 18 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 43
16 Charlton Athletic 35 10 12 13 46 47 18 6 6 6 29 23 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 42
17 Cheltenham Town 36 11 7 18 29 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 19 5 3 11 15 26 -17 40
18 Burton Albion 34 10 8 16 42 63 17 6 5 6 19 24 17 4 3 10 23 39 -21 38
19 Oxford United 36 9 9 18 38 48 18 5 3 10 22 26 18 4 6 8 16 22 -10 36
20 Accrington Stanley 34 8 11 15 29 52 16 5 5 6 19 24 18 3 6 9 10 28 -23 35
21 Morecambe 36 7 12 17 35 57 18 6 7 5 23 21 18 1 5 12 12 36 -22 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 36 9 6 21 32 54 18 3 4 11 12 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -22 33
23 Cambridge United 36 8 6 22 27 57 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 2 2 14 11 36 -30 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 36 5 8 23 28 69 18 4 1 13 13 32 18 1 7 10 15 37 -41 23

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 34 23 8 3 61 22 18 13 4 1 41 13 16 10 4 2 20 9 39 77
2 Plymouth Argyle 36 22 8 6 63 41 18 16 1 1 36 13 18 6 7 5 27 28 22 74
3 Ipswich Town 36 20 12 4 70 31 18 11 6 1 40 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 39 72
4 Barnsley 34 20 6 8 55 29 17 12 1 4 32 16 17 8 5 4 23 13 26 66
5 Derby County 36 18 10 8 59 35 18 12 4 2 37 14 18 6 6 6 22 21 24 64
6 Bolton Wanderers 37 18 9 10 51 30 19 12 4 3 28 11 18 6 5 7 23 19 21 63
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 17 6 12 48 34 18 10 4 4 28 16 17 7 2 8 20 18 14 57
8 Shrewsbury Town 36 16 7 13 47 39 18 10 2 6 28 22 18 6 5 7 19 17 8 55
9 Peterborough United 35 17 3 15 55 45 18 11 2 5 33 21 17 6 1 10 22 24 10 54
10 Portsmouth 35 13 12 10 46 41 18 7 8 3 28 18 17 6 4 7 18 23 5 51
11 Exeter City 35 12 10 13 47 45 17 7 5 5 24 20 18 5 5 8 23 25 2 46
12 Lincoln City 35 9 18 8 33 35 17 4 13 0 16 11 18 5 5 8 17 24 -2 45
13 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 50 56 17 5 6 6 22 26 18 7 3 8 28 30 -6 45
14 Port Vale 36 12 8 16 36 50 18 7 4 7 18 22 18 5 4 9 18 28 -14 44
15 Fleetwood Town 36 10 13 13 37 38 18 5 6 7 17 18 18 5 7 6 20 20 -1 43
16 Charlton Athletic 35 10 12 13 46 47 18 6 6 6 29 23 17 4 6 7 17 24 -1 42
17 Cheltenham Town 36 11 7 18 29 46 17 6 4 7 14 20 19 5 3 11 15 26 -17 40
18 Burton Albion 34 10 8 16 42 63 17 6 5 6 19 24 17 4 3 10 23 39 -21 38
19 Oxford United 36 9 9 18 38 48 18 5 3 10 22 26 18 4 6 8 16 22 -10 36
20 Accrington Stanley 34 8 11 15 29 52 16 5 5 6 19 24 18 3 6 9 10 28 -23 35
21 Morecambe 36 7 12 17 35 57 18 6 7 5 23 21 18 1 5 12 12 36 -22 33
22 Milton Keynes Dons 36 9 6 21 32 54 18 3 4 11 12 25 18 6 2 10 20 29 -22 33
23 Cambridge United 36 8 6 22 27 57 18 6 4 8 16 21 18 2 2 14 11 36 -30 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 36 5 8 23 28 69 18 4 1 13 13 32 18 1 7 10 15 37 -41 23

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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.