Football betting preview: Sheffield Wednesday vs Barnsley

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39814 seats)

Only the second game in the Championship for these teams and it's all to play for here at Hillsborough Stadium as Sheffield Wednesday welcomes Barnsley. Check out this preview!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

W W W W L

Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

Sheffield Wednesday are returning here after visiting Reading in a Championship game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Queens Park Rangers that was lost 1-2.

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 eight matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 2 Lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Carabao Cup game versus Bury in only three days. This game is also played here at Hillsborough Stadium.

W L W L W

Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley won their last game, 1-0 versus Fulham played at home. Prior to that match, the Barnsley manager D. Stendel faced defeat when travelling to Bristol Rovers and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Barnsley in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Barnsley, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carlisle United in just three days.

Let's have a look at how Barnsley performed last season in the League One: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 26 victories, 13 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 80 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 40/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield Wednesday 5 wins, 5 draws and Barnsley 0 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Hutchinson
1 goals / 1 assists
Lucas João
1 goals
K. Harris
1 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Barnsley missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Barnsley
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 7
7 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 5
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sheffield Wednesday Last season Barnsley
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
16 10   Won   11 26
16 8   Drew   5 13
14 5   Lost   7 7
60 34   Scored   40 80
62 27   Conceded   23 39
89% 91%   Over 0.5   87% 87%
76% 78%   Over 1.5   70% 74%
57% 57%   Over 2.5   57% 52%
28% 30%   Over 3.5   43% 30%
9% 4%   Over 4.5   13% 11%
59% 61%   BTTS   39% 48%
30% 35%   Clean Sheets   48% 46%
22% 13%   Failed To Score   26% 20%
 
4.4 4.9   Corners For (avg)   6.4 6.5
6 5.3   Corners Against (avg)   4.8 4.4
1.7 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 1.7
3 0   Red Cards   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Barnsley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Sheffield Wednesday
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers
13-07-19 CF Lincoln City 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
13-07-19 CF Stocksbridge Park Steels 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
16-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
03-08-19 CH Reading 1 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday
10-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 14:00 Barnsley
13-08-19 CC Sheffield Wednesday 18:45 Bury
17-08-19 CH Millwall 14:00 Sheffield Wednesday
20-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 18:45 Luton Town
24-08-19 CH Preston North End 14:00 Sheffield Wednesday
Barnsley
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-04-19 LO Barnsley 2 - 1 Blackpool
04-05-19 LO Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Barnsley
20-07-19 CF Arminia Bielefeld 2 - 3 Barnsley
27-07-19 CF Barnsley 1 - 4 Sheffield United
03-08-19 CH Barnsley 1 - 0 Fulham
10-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 14:00 Barnsley
13-08-19 CC Barnsley 18:45 Carlisle United
17-08-19 CH Barnsley 14:00 Charlton Athletic
20-08-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Barnsley
24-08-19 CH Barnsley 14:00 Luton Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Derby County 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Swansea City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
11 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
14 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cardiff City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
24 Reading 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

Editor’s Pick

More from England - Championship