Sheffield Wednesday vs Nottingham Forest match preview

Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39814 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Championship table so far. Here's the Sheffield Wednesday - Nottingham Forest latest:

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 Nottingham Forest.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

When playing at home, Sheffield Wednesday have managed 8 wins, 8 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 20 games.

The Sheffield Wednesday crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Aston Villa here at Hillsborough Stadium in a Championship match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Stoke City that finished 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sheffield Wednesday 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 two games. Sheffield Wednesday has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield Wednesday as they are travelling to their away game against Leeds United in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

Sheffield Wednesday are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 28 goals in 20 matches. On the other hand, Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 25 goals.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nottingham Forest so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 3-11-6 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Nottingham Forest play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Rotherham United. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Swansea City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Nottingham Forest, 11 draws and 8 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Nottingham Forest are hosting Blackburn Rovers in the Championship only three days away.

Nottingham Forest find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 26 goals from 20 away fixtures. Nottingham Forest have conceded 28 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Nottingham Forest - Sheffield Wednesday 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Sheffield Wednesday victories, 1 draw and 2 Nottingham Forest wins.

Top Goalscorers

L. Grabban
16 goals / 3 assists
S. Fletcher
10 goals / 2 assists
Lucas João
9 goals / 1 assists

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 20 40
49 28 Scored 26 55
54 25 Conceded 28 47
88% 90% Over 0.5 85% 90%
75% 75% Over 1.5 80% 70%
55% 55% Over 2.5 40% 45%
28% 35% Over 3.5 25% 25%
8% 5% Over 4.5 10% 8%
60% 65% Both teams to score 50% 50%
30% 30% Clean Sheet 30% 32%
22% 15% Failed To Score 35% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 40 25 9 6 82 48 20 14 2 4 45 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 84
2 Sheffield United 40 23 8 9 67 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 20 10 5 5 30 21 30 77
3 Leeds United 40 23 7 10 66 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 20 10 4 6 31 24 24 76
4 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 10 10 75 52 20 9 7 4 44 27 20 11 3 6 31 25 23 70
5 Aston Villa 40 16 15 9 73 56 20 9 8 3 46 33 20 7 7 6 27 23 17 63
6 Bristol City 39 17 11 11 51 42 20 7 7 6 24 21 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 62
7 Derby County 39 16 12 11 55 48 20 10 7 3 31 19 19 6 5 8 24 29 7 60
8 Middlesbrough 40 15 13 12 41 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 20 8 7 5 22 20 5 58
9 Nottingham Forest 40 14 15 11 55 47 20 11 4 5 29 19 20 3 11 6 26 28 8 57
10 Preston North End 40 15 12 13 59 53 20 7 9 4 34 25 20 8 3 9 25 28 6 57
11 Hull City 40 16 9 15 59 57 20 10 5 5 34 19 20 6 4 10 25 38 2 57
12 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 14 12 49 54 20 8 8 4 28 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -5 56
13 Swansea City 39 15 8 16 52 49 19 10 4 5 32 21 20 5 4 11 20 28 3 53
14 Brentford 40 13 12 15 63 56 20 11 4 5 43 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 51
15 Stoke City 40 11 18 11 38 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 20 3 12 5 18 24 -4 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 40 12 11 17 53 63 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -10 47
17 Birmingham City 40 13 14 13 56 52 20 7 8 5 27 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 44
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 12 8 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 20 4 5 11 18 37 -19 44
19 Wigan Athletic 40 10 11 19 43 59 20 9 7 4 25 19 20 1 4 15 18 40 -16 41
20 Millwall 39 10 10 19 45 58 19 7 6 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 40
21 Reading 40 9 13 18 43 60 20 7 4 9 27 30 20 2 9 9 16 30 -17 40
22 Rotherham United 40 8 15 17 43 68 20 7 8 5 29 31 20 1 7 12 14 37 -25 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 40 8 8 24 29 66 20 4 4 12 13 30 20 4 4 12 16 36 -37 32
24 Ipswich Town 40 4 15 21 32 65 20 2 10 8 18 27 20 2 5 13 14 38 -33 27

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