An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 24th and the visitors in 18th place.
- Sheffield Wednesday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
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 Coventry City.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
Sheffield Wednesday's results here at Hillsborough Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 5 draws and 3 defeats. It's trouble wherever Sheffield are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
No payout for Sheffield in their previous match, an away game at Nottingham Forest that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was a defeat to Barnsley (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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost two.
Sheffield aren't scoring a lot here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 9 games. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 7 goals.
Coventry City form and stats
Coventry City have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Coventry delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Huddersfield Town (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Wycombe Wanderers with the score of 2-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Coventry City in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Coventry, six draws and four defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Coventry as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Coventry rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield Wednesday three wins, three draws and Coventry City four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Godden 4 goals |   J. Windass 3 goals |  G. Hamer 3 goals |
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
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| Sheffield Wednesday | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 84% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 58% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 74% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 32% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 32% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.7 | 8.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 20% | 19% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 43% |
- Sheffield Wednesday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 40 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Watford | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Reading | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Brentford | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 28 |
| 12 | Barnsley | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 26 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 25 |
| 15 | Millwall | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 24 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 9 |
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