Match preview Championship: Sheffield Wednesday - Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday holding 23rd place and Nottingham Forest lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Championship

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Relegation threatens Sheffield who should definitely be looking for some points here. Nottingham are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday have managed 8 wins, 7 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 22 games.

A nice win for Sheffield last time playing, versus Blackburn Rovers. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Josh Windass scoring for the victors. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Bristol City.

Sheffield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sheffield Wednesday are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 22 matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

6 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Two points from the last two away games for Nottingham, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Nottingham has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Birmingham City for a Championship game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Huddersfield Town.

The draw against Birmingham City came from a losing position. The Nottingham Forest manager C. Hughton brought on Lewis Grabban as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nottingham as they have only managed to score 16 times from 22 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Nottingham as they have only conceded 21 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nottingham Forest - Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Sheffield, one draw and two wins for Nottingham Forest. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
8 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
7 goals
Sheffield WednesdayC. Paterson
C. Paterson
7 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 22 6 Played P 6 22 43
12 8 3 Won W 3 6 12
9 7 1 Drew D 2 7 14
22 7 2 Lost L 1 9 17
36 22 6 Scored S 7 16 35
55 17 4 Conceded C 3 21 42
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 88%
65% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 63%
35% 27% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 14% 21%
9% 5% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
9% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 41% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 40%
28% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 30%
40% 27% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 41% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
7 4 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.5 10.3 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 9.7 11.3
2.8 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 3
30% 29% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) 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 (12) in Championship

  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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 43 22 8 13 55 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 9 74
7 Reading 43 19 11 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 68
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Luton Town 42 16 9 17 36 46 21 8 7 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 57
13 Stoke City 43 14 14 15 47 49 22 9 5 8 29 26 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 43 15 6 22 42 58 21 7 3 11 15 24 22 8 3 11 27 34 -16 51
16 Coventry City 43 13 12 18 42 58 21 9 7 5 24 20 22 4 5 13 18 38 -16 51
17 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
18 Nottingham Forest 43 12 14 17 35 42 21 6 7 8 19 21 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 50
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 33 51 22 6 4 12 18 33 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 49
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 45 63 22 8 6 8 27 22 21 4 5 12 18 41 -18 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 43 9 10 24 34 67 22 6 5 11 16 28 21 3 5 13 18 39 -33 37

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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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 43 22 8 13 55 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 9 74
7 Reading 43 19 11 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 68
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Luton Town 42 16 9 17 36 46 21 8 7 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 57
13 Stoke City 43 14 14 15 47 49 22 9 5 8 29 26 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 43 15 6 22 42 58 21 7 3 11 15 24 22 8 3 11 27 34 -16 51
16 Coventry City 43 13 12 18 42 58 21 9 7 5 24 20 22 4 5 13 18 38 -16 51
17 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
18 Nottingham Forest 43 12 14 17 35 42 21 6 7 8 19 21 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 50
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 33 51 22 6 4 12 18 33 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 49
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 45 63 22 8 6 8 27 22 21 4 5 12 18 41 -18 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 43 9 10 24 34 67 22 6 5 11 16 28 21 3 5 13 18 39 -33 37

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