Championship match prediction: Little separates Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 23rd and the visitors in 18th place.

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield nor Huddersfield Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games. Problems are piling up for Sheffield as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of seven games. This streak could be one for the history books. Game days at Hillsborough Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Sheffield as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Sheffield's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Norwich City (placed 1st). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Reading.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sheffield perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sheffield Wednesday as a small favourite), we find ten games. Sheffield Wednesday has won three of these, drawn four and lost three.

The manager D. Moore will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Barnsley in only three days.

Sheffield aren't scoring a lot here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, with only 14 goals from 17 games. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 13 goals.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-4-11 (18 played).

203 minutes! That's how long the Huddersfield goalkeeper Ryan Schofield and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Huddersfield Town, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Queens Park Rangers (placed 13th) in the Championship last time out. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Cardiff City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Huddersfield Town in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Huddersfield Town, six draws and seven defeats.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Huddersfield Town have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town - Sheffield 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield five wins, four draws and Huddersfield Town one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownF. Campbell
F. Campbell
7 goals
SheffieldC. Paterson
C. Paterson
6 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Koroma
J. Koroma
6 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 18 36
9 6 3 Won W 0 3 11
7 5 0 Drew D 3 4 8
19 6 2 Lost L 2 11 17
25 14 5 Scored S 2 15 40
45 13 3 Conceded C 5 33 51
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 89% 92%
63% 47% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 83% 78%
34% 29% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 61% 50%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 14%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 14%
37% 41% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 50%
29% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 22% 28%
43% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.4 1.5
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.9 9.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.8 10.8
2.8 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.4 3.2 2.9
26% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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