Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sheffield Wednesday & Sunderland face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The story so far in the League One for Sheffield Wednesday at their home stadium (Hillsborough Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
A strong away win for Sheffield against Milton Keynes Dons the last match, as Windass were on target. The goalie Stockdale was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.95 out of ten. Stockdale topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Sheffield Wednesday hosted Portsmouth and drew the League One game 3-3.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 7 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield, as the League One home game vs Charlton Athletic is only three days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Sheffield Wednesday's 1 home game: 3 goals, 3 conceded.
Sunderland form and stats
Sunderland was sent out of Carabao Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
It's the second away game in a row for Sunderland, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Bristol City last time out. Simms, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.54. Simms scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Coventry City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Sunderland in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sunderland, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
After this away game Sunderland return home for a Championship game against Queens Park Rangers. That game is only three sleeps after this.
3 goals so far away for Sunderland, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sheffield Wednesday three wins, two draws and Sunderland four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Dele-Bashiru 2 goals |   E. Simms 2 goals |  J. Windass 1 goals |
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Sheffield Wednesday | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 36 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 8.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Derby County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Lincoln City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Burnley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hull City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Millwall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Reading | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 21 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 23 | Bristol City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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