Championship preview and statistics: Barnsley - Sheffield Wednesday at Oakwell Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Barnsley leading Sheffield Wednesday by 35 points.

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday is in the worst form (0-1-5)

It's no vacation for neither Barnsley 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.

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Barnsley form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Barnsley are 10-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). Barnsley has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Watford defeat 59 days ago.

Barnsley are returning here after visiting Wycombe Wanderers in a Championship game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Daryl Dike (2) and Cauley Woodrow scored the goal(s). In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting AFC Bournemouth.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Barnsley matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and one defeat (from two games).

Barnsley has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. From these home matches, Barnsley have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

There's been little loot from Sheffield Wednesday's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 18 away games in the Championship. Sheffield Wednesday only have 3 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Sheffield, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Sheffield Wednesday played 1-1 against Huddersfield Town in their previous match. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Norwich City.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sheffield playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sheffield Wednesday as they have only managed to score 11 times from 18 away games in the league. Sheffield's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 32 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday - Barnsley 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Barnsley victory, five draws and four Sheffield Wednesday wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
11 goals
BarnsleyA. Mowatt
A. Mowatt
6 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
6 goals

Barnsley missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
19 10 4 Won W 1 3 9
7 4 2 Drew D 1 2 8
11 4 0 Lost L 3 13 19
48 23 7 Scored S 4 11 26
40 17 2 Conceded C 10 32 46
92% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
73% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 64%
51% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 39% 33%
19% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 6%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
46% 39% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 33% 39%
30% 39% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
32% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 56% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
11.2 11.4 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.3 8.9
3.6 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.2 2.8
36% 31% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 26%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Wednesday have scored away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 37 25 7 5 55 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 19 13 2 4 29 17 29 82
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Barnsley 37 19 7 11 48 40 18 10 4 4 23 17 19 9 3 7 25 23 8 64
6 Reading 37 18 7 12 51 40 18 11 0 7 28 20 19 7 7 5 23 20 11 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 37 11 16 10 37 36 18 4 10 4 17 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 1 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 36 13 10 13 38 42 19 8 4 7 21 22 17 5 6 6 17 20 -4 49
13 Bristol City 37 15 4 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 19 8 2 9 24 28 -9 49
14 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
15 Blackburn Rovers 37 12 9 16 49 41 19 6 7 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 45
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 41 52 18 8 4 6 25 18 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 42
18 Nottingham Forest 37 10 11 16 29 37 19 5 7 7 16 18 18 5 4 9 13 19 -8 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 37 9 11 17 28 47 19 4 3 12 14 32 18 5 8 5 14 15 -19 38
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 36 9 8 19 26 46 18 6 6 6 15 14 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 29
24 Wycombe Wanderers 37 6 8 23 25 61 19 4 5 10 12 24 18 2 3 13 13 37 -36 26

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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 Norwich City 37 25 7 5 55 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 19 13 2 4 29 17 29 82
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Barnsley 37 19 7 11 48 40 18 10 4 4 23 17 19 9 3 7 25 23 8 64
6 Reading 37 18 7 12 51 40 18 11 0 7 28 20 19 7 7 5 23 20 11 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 37 11 16 10 37 36 18 4 10 4 17 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 1 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 36 13 10 13 38 42 19 8 4 7 21 22 17 5 6 6 17 20 -4 49
13 Bristol City 37 15 4 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 19 8 2 9 24 28 -9 49
14 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
15 Blackburn Rovers 37 12 9 16 49 41 19 6 7 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 45
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 41 52 18 8 4 6 25 18 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 42
18 Nottingham Forest 37 10 11 16 29 37 19 5 7 7 16 18 18 5 4 9 13 19 -8 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 37 9 11 17 28 47 19 4 3 12 14 32 18 5 8 5 14 15 -19 38
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 36 9 8 19 26 46 18 6 6 6 15 14 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 29
24 Wycombe Wanderers 37 6 8 23 25 61 19 4 5 10 12 24 18 2 3 13 13 37 -36 26

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