Championship match preview: Sheffield Wednesday versus Cardiff City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

The visiting Cardiff City side should be favourites in this visit to Sheffield Wednesday, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 39 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 18 games.

Sheffield lost their last game at Watford (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Barnsley with a 2-1 scoreline.

Sheffield have scored 15 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 14 goals.

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Cardiff City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 9 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Wycombe Wanderers game have they lost an away game, meaning Cardiff has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Cardiff failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Nottingham Forest (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Swansea City at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Cardiff City find the net regularly in their away games. 23 goals from 19 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Cardiff City - Sheffield 0-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sheffield won three games, six matches ended with a draw and Cardiff City has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
16 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
6 goals
SheffieldJ. Windass
J. Windass
6 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 18 6 Played P 6 19 39
10 6 1 Won W 2 9 16
8 6 2 Drew D 2 6 10
20 6 3 Lost L 2 4 13
28 15 5 Scored S 5 23 55
48 14 7 Conceded C 5 16 38
92% 83% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 92%
63% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 68% 74%
34% 28% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 32% 44%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 21%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
39% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 46%
26% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 36%
42% 28% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.8
7 4 2 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.8 9.6 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.2 11
2.7 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 3.9
27% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 37% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) 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 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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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 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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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.