Sheffield Wednesday vs Bristol City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39814 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Sheffield Wednesday have their presumed home advantage while Bristol City are ahead 6 points in the Championship table.

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 Bristol City.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

9-8-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Sheffield Wednesday so far this season.

Sheffield Wednesday manager S. Bruce and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Norwich City in the Championship. Prior to that, an away loss at Leeds United.

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 4n Drawn 2 Lost 2.

The Sheffield Wednesday fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 31 in 21 matches. On the other hand, Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 25 goals.

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Bristol City form and stats

The visitors are W10-D4-L6 on the road this term.

There were no winners in Bristol City's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Reading. Prior to that match, the Bristol City manager L. Johnson faced defeat when travelling to Aston Villa and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bristol City playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 5 Bristol City wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Bristol City have scored 28 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. 23 goals have been conceded by Bristol City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City - Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Sheffield Wednesday, 3 draws and 3 wins for Bristol City.

Top Goalscorers

F. Diedhiou
12 goals / 2 assists
S. Fletcher
11 goals / 2 assists
A. Weimann
10 goals / 5 assists

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Bristol City missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Bristol City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 20 42
54 31 Scored 28 56
57 25 Conceded 23 47
88% 90% Over 0.5 95% 98%
74% 76% Over 1.5 60% 67%
56% 57% Over 2.5 40% 38%
28% 33% Over 3.5 30% 24%
7% 5% Over 4.5 25% 17%
58% 62% Both teams to score 45% 55%
30% 33% Clean Sheet 45% 31%
23% 14% Failed To Score 15% 17%
 
4.3 4.8 Corners For (avg) 4.8 5.4
6.1 5.4 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 5.1
1.7 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 1.8
2 0 Red Cards (total) 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Bristol City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 Norwich City 43 25 12 6 87 53 22 14 4 4 49 33 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 87
2 Sheffield United 43 24 10 9 71 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 32 82
3 Leeds United 43 25 7 11 70 44 22 14 3 5 37 20 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 10 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 21 11 3 7 33 28 26 76
5 Aston Villa 43 19 15 9 79 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 21 72
6 Middlesbrough 43 18 13 12 45 36 22 9 6 7 21 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 9 67
7 Bristol City 42 18 12 12 56 47 22 8 8 6 28 24 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 66
8 Derby County 42 17 13 12 61 52 21 11 7 3 35 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 9 64
9 Preston North End 43 16 12 15 64 59 22 8 9 5 38 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 5 60
10 Hull City 43 17 9 17 63 62 21 11 5 5 36 20 22 6 4 12 27 42 1 60
11 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 15 13 54 57 21 9 8 4 31 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -3 60
12 Swansea City 42 17 8 17 59 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 21 5 4 12 20 32 2 59
13 Nottingham Forest 43 14 15 14 56 54 21 11 4 6 30 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 2 57
14 Blackburn Rovers 43 15 11 17 59 65 21 9 6 6 28 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -6 56
15 Brentford 43 14 13 16 67 59 21 12 4 5 45 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 8 55
16 Stoke City 43 11 19 13 41 48 21 8 7 6 22 20 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 43 13 9 21 51 67 22 9 3 10 33 30 21 4 6 11 18 37 -16 48
18 Birmingham City 43 13 17 13 60 56 22 7 10 5 30 23 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 47
19 Reading 43 10 15 18 48 64 21 8 4 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 45
20 Wigan Athletic 43 11 12 20 47 63 21 9 8 4 26 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -16 45
21 Millwall 42 10 13 19 47 60 21 7 8 6 25 25 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 43
22 Rotherham United 43 8 16 19 49 76 21 7 8 6 30 33 22 1 8 13 19 43 -27 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 43 8 8 27 29 74 22 4 4 14 13 34 21 4 4 13 16 40 -45 32
24 Ipswich Town 43 4 16 23 33 72 21 2 11 8 19 28 22 2 5 15 14 44 -39 28

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