Sheffield Wednesday vs Bristol City betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Sheffield Wednesday hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 35 points and a 23rd position in the Championship table. Visiting Bristol City holds 14th place with 50 pts.

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sheffield Wednesday have less rest than Bristol City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Swansea City, was also a home game here at Hillsborough Stadium. The away team is better rested.

Sheffield are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Bristol City are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 20 games.

The Sheffield fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Hillsborough Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Swansea City (placed 3rd). Heartbreak before that as Sheffield Wednesday lost 1-4 at Queens Park Rangers's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, three draws and six defeats.

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

Sheffield Wednesday are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 20 games. Sheffield have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bristol City form and stats

The visitors are W8-D2-L10 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Bristol played 0-0 against Nottingham Forest in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Coventry City's place.

We have checked recent matches where Bristol City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were eight victories, two draws and six defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bristol manager N. Pearson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Wycombe Wanderers.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bristol have scored 25 goals in 20 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bristol have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bristol City - Sheffield 2-0. Sheffield Wednesday-Bristol City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield Wednesday five wins, Bristol City three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
9 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
8 goals
SheffieldJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
7 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 20 41
11 7 2 Won W 2 8 15
8 6 3 Drew D 1 2 5
22 7 1 Lost L 3 10 21
34 20 4 Scored S 6 25 40
54 16 3 Conceded C 7 31 55
93% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 93%
66% 55% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 71%
37% 30% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 41%
10% 5% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 35% 20%
10% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
39% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 39%
27% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 24%
41% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 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 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.1 1.2
7 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 9.6 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7 7.9
2.7 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 2.5
31% 29% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 49% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City 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 (12) in Championship

  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 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 41 24 10 7 59 27 21 17 2 2 41 12 20 7 8 5 18 15 32 82
3 Swansea City 41 22 9 10 50 31 20 11 5 4 23 12 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 75
4 Brentford 40 20 13 7 71 40 19 10 7 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 73
5 AFC Bournemouth 41 20 11 10 66 40 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 7 8 5 26 19 26 71
6 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
7 Reading 41 19 9 13 56 45 20 12 1 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 66
8 Cardiff City 41 16 11 14 57 45 21 7 5 9 34 24 20 9 6 5 23 21 12 59
9 Millwall 41 14 16 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 20 8 6 6 22 21 1 58
10 Middlesbrough 41 16 9 16 48 45 20 10 4 6 26 19 21 6 5 10 22 26 3 57
11 Queens Park Rangers 41 15 11 15 48 50 21 10 4 7 28 23 20 5 7 8 20 27 -2 56
12 Stoke City 41 14 13 14 45 46 20 9 4 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 55
13 Luton Town 40 15 8 17 35 46 19 7 6 6 23 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -11 53
14 Bristol City 41 15 5 21 40 55 21 7 3 11 15 24 20 8 2 10 25 31 -15 50
15 Nottingham Forest 41 12 13 16 34 39 20 6 7 7 19 19 21 6 6 9 15 20 -5 49
16 Preston North End 41 14 6 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 20 9 1 10 25 31 -14 48
17 Blackburn Rovers 41 12 11 18 52 47 20 6 7 7 25 23 21 6 4 11 27 24 5 47
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 11 19 43 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 20 3 5 12 16 41 -19 44
20 Derby County 41 11 10 20 30 46 21 6 6 9 16 21 20 5 4 11 14 25 -16 43
21 Coventry City 40 10 12 18 36 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 20 2 5 13 14 36 -20 42
22 Rotherham United 38 11 6 21 41 52 19 5 3 11 24 30 19 6 3 10 17 22 -11 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 41 11 8 22 34 54 20 7 6 7 20 16 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 35
24 Wycombe Wanderers 41 8 9 24 30 64 21 5 5 11 14 27 20 3 4 13 16 37 -34 33

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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 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 41 24 10 7 59 27 21 17 2 2 41 12 20 7 8 5 18 15 32 82
3 Swansea City 41 22 9 10 50 31 20 11 5 4 23 12 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 75
4 Brentford 40 20 13 7 71 40 19 10 7 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 73
5 AFC Bournemouth 41 20 11 10 66 40 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 7 8 5 26 19 26 71
6 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
7 Reading 41 19 9 13 56 45 20 12 1 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 66
8 Cardiff City 41 16 11 14 57 45 21 7 5 9 34 24 20 9 6 5 23 21 12 59
9 Millwall 41 14 16 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 20 8 6 6 22 21 1 58
10 Middlesbrough 41 16 9 16 48 45 20 10 4 6 26 19 21 6 5 10 22 26 3 57
11 Queens Park Rangers 41 15 11 15 48 50 21 10 4 7 28 23 20 5 7 8 20 27 -2 56
12 Stoke City 41 14 13 14 45 46 20 9 4 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 55
13 Luton Town 40 15 8 17 35 46 19 7 6 6 23 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -11 53
14 Bristol City 41 15 5 21 40 55 21 7 3 11 15 24 20 8 2 10 25 31 -15 50
15 Nottingham Forest 41 12 13 16 34 39 20 6 7 7 19 19 21 6 6 9 15 20 -5 49
16 Preston North End 41 14 6 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 20 9 1 10 25 31 -14 48
17 Blackburn Rovers 41 12 11 18 52 47 20 6 7 7 25 23 21 6 4 11 27 24 5 47
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 11 19 43 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 20 3 5 12 16 41 -19 44
20 Derby County 41 11 10 20 30 46 21 6 6 9 16 21 20 5 4 11 14 25 -16 43
21 Coventry City 40 10 12 18 36 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 20 2 5 13 14 36 -20 42
22 Rotherham United 38 11 6 21 41 52 19 5 3 11 24 30 19 6 3 10 17 22 -11 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 41 11 8 22 34 54 20 7 6 7 20 16 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 35
24 Wycombe Wanderers 41 8 9 24 30 64 21 5 5 11 14 27 20 3 4 13 16 37 -34 33

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.