Sheffield Wednesday vs Nottingham Forest betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Sheffield Wednesday will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Nottingham Forest.

Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Sheffield Wednesday have to build on here at Hillsborough Stadium in the Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday faced defeat in their previous match, away at Brentford (0-5). Ahead of that match, Sheffield Wednesday lost 0-1 at home to Manchester City.

As you see from the result above, Sheffield Wednesday suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

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 six games. Sheffield Wednesday has won four of these, drawn two and lost zero.

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

Sheffield Wednesday aren't scoring a lot here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, with only 16 goals from 18 games. On the other hand, Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 21 goals.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

The visitors are W8-D8-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Nottingham Forest's previous game was their home loss versus Millwall (0-3). Before that, Nottingham Forest travelled to Middlesbrough and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Nottingham Forest lost heavily in their last match (against Millwall as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Nottingham Forest, five draws and six defeats.

A new game in only four days for Nottingham Forest, the Championship home match versus Huddersfield Town. Busy days.

Nottingham Forest have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 28 goals have been scored. Nottingham Forest have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Nottingham Forest - Sheffield Wednesday 0-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Sheffield Wednesday victories, zero draws and one Nottingham Forest win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
17 goals
Sheffield WednesdayS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
13 goals
Nottingham Forest
J. Lolley
7 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 19 37
13 7 2 Won W 3 8 16
9 5 3 Drew D 2 8 12
15 6 0 Lost L 1 3 9
46 16 4 Scored S 9 28 48
49 21 2 Conceded C 4 19 38
95% 89% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
70% 56% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 74% 68%
49% 39% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 43%
27% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 26% 22%
14% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
51% 39% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 63% 51%
30% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 32% 35%
24% 28% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 19%
 
5.5 5.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.7 5.9
4.5 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7.3 6
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
468 243 66 Total Shots T S 81 227 495
150 77 25 Shots on Target S O 24 62 121
31% 21% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 45% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14)
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday has the fewest scored goals (16) 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 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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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 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.