The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with AFC Bournemouth leading Sheffield Wednesday by 20 points. Match preview to follow:
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sheffield Wednesday has the fewest scored goals (16) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Bournemouth nor Sheffield Wednesday as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Vitality Stadium as AFC Bournemouth have scored 21 goals to get 24 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 7-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Bournemouth has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager J. Tindall and the players.
AFC Bournemouth faced defeat in their previous match, away at Reading (1-3). Before that, Bournemouth had a FA Cup home game versus Crawley Town which ended with a victory 2-1.
Bournemouth's goalkeeper Asmir Begović was extremely busy against Reading, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AFC Bournemouth, as the Championship home game vs Birmingham City is only four days away.
A decent goal production from AFC Bournemouth in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Bournemouth have conceded only 10 goals.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sheffield Wednesday, who have the fewest scored goals (16) in Championship, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
Sheffield Wednesday are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Championship against Preston North End (placed 11th). Prior to that match, the Sheffield Wednesday manager A. Holdsworth faced defeat when travelling to Coventry City and losing 0-2.
The schedule is very tough for Sheffield now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Millwall is waiting in only four days.
Sheffield are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 12 away games. 17 goals have been conceded by Sheffield in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sheffield Wednesday - Bournemouth 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last nine meetings between the teams: Bournemouth won three, Sheffield Wednesday won three and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Solanke 10 goals |  J. Stanislas 8 goals |  A. Groeneveld 5 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
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| AFC Bournemouth | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 39 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 25 |
| 88% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 20% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 32% |
| 38% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 23% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 58% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12.7 | 11.9 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 36% | 41% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 25% |
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wednesday.
- Sheffield Wednesday has the fewest scored goals (16) in Championship
- Sheffield Wednesday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 54 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 50 |
| 3 | Brentford | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 48 |
| 4 | Watford | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | Reading | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 42 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 39 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 39 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Barnsley | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 32 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 16 | Millwall | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 31 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 18 | Derby County | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -8 | 28 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 20 | Birmingham City | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -12 | 27 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 26 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -24 | 15 |
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Wednesday
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Telegraph - (local newspaper)