Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Town in Carabao Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: England Carabao Cup
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sheffield Wednesday or Huddersfield Town that keep their silverware dream alive.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

Sheffield participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.

8 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Sheffield Wednesday have to build on here at Hillsborough Stadium in the Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday drew their last game, 3-3 away at Derby County. Sam Hutchinson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Hutchinson scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

3-3 away at Derby County before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sheffield Wednesday have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.

Sheffield Wednesday aren't scoring a lot here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, with only 22 goals from 23 games. From these home matches, Sheffield Wednesday have conceded only 17 goals.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 1st round last season.

Huddersfield Town have only collected 18 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-6-13 (23 played).

Huddersfield are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Reading. Midfield player Josh Koroma was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Koroma scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total). As mentioned above, Huddersfield drew the match against Reading. Manager C. Corberán Vallet brought on Rarmani Edmonds-Green to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Reading.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Huddersfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were two Huddersfield wins, six draws and seven defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Huddersfield as they have only managed to score 22 times from 23 away games in the league. Huddersfield Town have conceded 48 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday-Huddersfield Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield five wins, Huddersfield Town one win, four draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Huddersfield Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   14 25
7 3   Won W   3 5
4 3   Drew D   3 9
14 6   Lost L   8 11
27 13   Scored S   14 26
39 14   Conceded C   29 40
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
76% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 80%
48% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 40%
24% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 20%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 16%
44% 42%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
24% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   29% 28%
 
5 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 5.9
4.5 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.5
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.9 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 11
3.3 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.2
33% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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