Match preview Championship: Sheffield Wednesday - Leeds United at Hillsborough Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 8th position and the visitors placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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

Sheffield Wednesday are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Hillsborough Stadium. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Hillsborough Stadium.

Sheffield Wednesday's last game was hosting Stoke City (placed 23rd) and winning 1-0. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Cardiff City the opponent.

Sheffield Wednesday are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 attempts. Sheffield Wednesday have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Leeds United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Leeds United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Preston North End (placed 5th). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Birmingham City.

Leeds United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Leeds United as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Sheffield Wednesday won 3, Leeds United won 4 and 3 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
5 goals / 1 assists
Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
4 goals / 1 assists
Leeds UnitedE. Alioski
E. Alioski
3 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Leeds United missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Leeds United
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 7 13
7 4 0 Won W 0 4 7
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
18 7 1 Scored S 1 12 17
10 3 2 Conceded C 2 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 62%
31% 17% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 23%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 8%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 38%
38% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 46%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 15%
 
3.8 3.3 1 Corners For (avg) C F 10.5 6.7 7.3
5.4 4.7 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.2
2.4 2 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.1 1.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sheffield Wednesday
All Championship Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
28-09-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
01-10-19 CH Hull City 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
05-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
18-10-19 CH Cardiff City 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
22-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Stoke City
26-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 13:30 Leeds United
02-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday
09-11-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 16:00 Swansea City
23-11-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday
27-11-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 20:45 Birmingham City
Leeds United
All Championship Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
28-09-19 CH Charlton Athletic 1 - 0 Leeds United
01-10-19 CH Leeds United 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
05-10-19 CH Millwall 2 - 1 Leeds United
19-10-19 CH Leeds United 1 - 0 Birmingham City
22-10-19 CH Preston North End 1 - 1 Leeds United
26-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 13:30 Leeds United
02-11-19 CH Leeds United 16:00 Queens Park Rangers
09-11-19 CH Leeds United 16:00 Blackburn Rovers
23-11-19 CH Luton Town 16:00 Leeds United
26-11-19 CH Reading 21:00 Leeds United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 13 7 5 1 24 15 6 3 3 0 15 10 7 4 2 1 9 5 9 26
2 Leeds United 13 7 3 3 17 8 6 3 2 1 5 3 7 4 1 2 12 5 9 24
3 Sheffield Wednesday 13 7 2 4 18 10 6 4 1 1 7 3 7 3 1 3 11 7 8 23
4 Queens Park Rangers 13 7 2 4 23 23 7 3 2 2 14 13 6 4 0 2 9 10 0 23
5 Preston North End 13 6 4 3 24 14 7 5 2 0 19 7 6 1 2 3 5 7 10 22
6 Nottingham Forest 12 6 4 2 16 10 5 3 1 1 7 3 7 3 3 1 9 7 6 22
7 Swansea City 13 6 4 3 17 13 7 3 1 3 10 10 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 22
8 Charlton Athletic 12 6 3 3 18 12 7 4 1 2 10 5 5 2 2 1 8 7 6 21
9 Bristol City 12 5 5 2 18 16 5 2 2 1 6 5 7 3 3 1 12 11 2 20
10 Fulham 12 5 4 3 20 12 6 3 2 1 12 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 19
11 Birmingham City 13 6 1 6 12 15 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 2 0 5 4 11 -3 19
12 Brentford 13 5 3 5 15 11 6 2 3 1 8 5 7 3 0 4 7 6 4 18
13 Cardiff City 13 4 6 3 19 19 6 4 2 0 10 4 7 0 4 3 9 15 0 18
14 Blackburn Rovers 13 4 3 6 15 18 7 2 3 2 8 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -3 15
15 Derby County 12 3 6 3 15 18 6 2 3 1 8 6 6 1 3 2 7 12 -3 15
16 Millwall 13 3 6 4 14 19 6 3 2 1 8 6 7 0 4 3 6 13 -5 15
17 Luton Town 12 4 2 6 18 20 6 2 2 2 10 10 6 2 0 4 8 10 -2 14
18 Wigan Athletic 12 4 2 6 10 16 6 4 1 1 7 4 6 0 1 5 3 12 -6 14
19 Hull City 12 3 4 5 16 19 7 2 2 3 10 12 5 1 2 2 6 7 -3 13
20 Reading 13 3 3 7 14 19 6 2 0 4 7 11 7 1 3 3 7 8 -5 12
21 Middlesbrough 12 2 4 6 11 17 7 2 2 3 5 8 5 0 2 3 6 9 -6 10
22 Huddersfield Town 12 2 3 7 14 20 6 1 1 4 6 9 6 1 2 3 8 11 -6 9
23 Stoke City 13 2 2 9 13 23 7 1 1 5 8 13 6 1 1 4 5 10 -10 8
24 Barnsley 13 1 5 7 11 25 7 1 3 3 8 13 6 0 2 4 3 12 -14 8

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