Sheffield Wednesday hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with -4 points and a 24th position in the Championship table. Visiting Luton Town holds 12th place with 9 pts.
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.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
Three Championship home games done for Sheffield Wednesday, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
The Sheffield crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Brentford here at Hillsborough Stadium in a Championship match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Birmingham City and winning 1-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sheffield Wednesday have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won one time, drawn four and lost six.
There will be little rest for Sheffield after this match as they are travelling to Rotherham United for a Championship game in only four days.
Sheffield aren't scoring a lot here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Sheffield have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Luton Town form and stats
Things could have gone better for Luton Town in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Luton Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Luton aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 181 league minutes without a goal. E. Lee was the last player to find the net.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Luton Town, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Millwall (placed 5th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Stoke City.
Luton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and six defeats. From a total of seven matches.
A new game in only four days for Luton, the Championship home match versus Nottingham Forest. Busy days.
Luton are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Luton have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Sheffield Wednesday won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Luton Town has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / sixTop Goalscorers
  B. Bannan 1 goals |  J. Rhodes 1 goals |  J. Windass 1 goals |
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
Luton Town missing players
| Sheffield Wednesday | Luton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 24 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 17 | 58 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 38% |
- Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheffield Wednesday have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Watford | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Millwall | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Brentford | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 22 | Derby County | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 3 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -12 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -4 |
- Sheffield Wednesday
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- Luton Town
- Luton Today - (local newspaper)