Sheffield Wednesday - Preston North End: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 08.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.

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 Preston North End.

Preston North End are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

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

No payout for Sheffield in their previous match, an away game at Swansea City that ended in defeat 1-2. Preceding that match was the home game against West Bromwich Albion that was lost 0-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sheffield have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost zero.

Sheffield are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Queens Park Rangers awaits in three days.

Sheffield have scored 17 league goals here from 20 matches, not a lot. Sheffield have conceded 25 in these home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

5-7-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Preston North End in their Championship matches away. Preston has drawn their two previous away games.

The attacking players of Preston have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 197 minutes.

Preston North End has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Huddersfield Town for a Championship game that ended a draw (0-0). A 0-1 loss hosting Derby County before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Preston in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Preston North End, four draws and seven defeats.

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

The attacking power of Preston when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 20 league matches away. 22 goals have been conceded by Preston in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Preston North End - Sheffield 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sheffield victories, two draws and three Preston North End wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
12 goals
Preston North EndT. Barkhuizen
T. Barkhuizen
9 goals
Preston North EndP. Gallagher
P. Gallagher
6 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 5 20 41
14 7 2 Won W 1 5 16
10 6 1 Drew D 1 7 10
17 7 3 Lost L 3 8 15
50 17 3 Scored S 3 16 52
56 25 10 Conceded C 6 22 50
95% 90% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
73% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 65% 76%
51% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 20% 41%
24% 15% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 22%
12% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
54% 40% 17% BTTS BTTS 40% 35% 51%
27% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 20%
24% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 60% 45% 34%
 
5.8 5.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.7
4.4 3.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.8 5.5
2 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.4
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
518 271 61 Total Shots T S 48 211 450
163 83 18 Shots on Target S O 13 59 140
31% 20% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End has the fewest scored goals (16) away
  • Sheffield Wednesday has the fewest scored goals (17) at home
  • Sheffield Wednesday has the the worst goal difference (-8) 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 41 23 9 9 63 34 20 12 5 3 30 14 21 11 4 6 33 20 29 78
2 West Bromwich Albion 41 21 14 6 71 40 20 9 8 3 40 25 21 12 6 3 31 15 31 77
3 Brentford 41 21 9 11 73 33 20 12 5 3 40 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 40 72
4 Fulham 41 20 10 11 55 44 21 13 2 6 33 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 11 70
5 Nottingham Forest 41 18 14 9 54 41 20 10 4 6 24 20 21 8 10 3 30 21 13 68
6 Cardiff City 41 16 16 9 58 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 21 7 7 7 30 34 7 64
7 Derby County 41 16 13 12 56 53 21 11 8 2 31 15 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 61
8 Swansea City 41 15 15 11 52 48 21 9 5 7 26 22 20 6 10 4 26 26 4 60
9 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
10 Preston North End 41 16 10 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 20 5 7 8 16 22 2 58
11 Blackburn Rovers 41 15 11 15 56 53 21 9 8 4 28 20 20 6 3 11 28 33 3 56
12 Bristol City 41 15 10 16 53 60 20 7 5 8 26 30 21 8 5 8 27 30 -7 55
13 Queens Park Rangers 41 15 8 18 60 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 20 7 3 10 22 30 -6 53
14 Reading 41 14 10 17 53 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 21 7 7 7 29 20 5 52
15 Sheffield Wednesday 41 14 10 17 50 56 20 7 6 7 17 25 21 7 4 10 33 31 -6 52
16 Wigan Athletic 41 13 11 17 45 53 20 8 6 6 23 22 21 5 5 11 22 31 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 12 13 16 51 64 20 6 6 8 30 35 21 6 7 8 21 29 -13 49
18 Stoke City 41 13 7 21 54 61 21 9 3 9 33 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -7 46
19 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
20 Huddersfield Town 41 12 10 19 49 63 21 7 6 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 46
21 Hull City 41 12 9 20 56 72 21 7 3 11 29 35 20 5 6 9 27 37 -16 45
22 Middlesbrough 41 10 14 17 40 53 21 6 8 7 18 23 20 4 6 10 22 30 -13 44
23 Barnsley 41 10 11 20 45 66 21 6 8 7 28 33 20 4 3 13 17 33 -21 41
24 Luton Town 41 11 7 23 46 78 20 7 5 8 28 33 21 4 2 15 18 45 -32 40

Sheffield Wednesday:
Preston North End:
Championship:
England:
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 41 23 9 9 63 34 20 12 5 3 30 14 21 11 4 6 33 20 29 78
2 West Bromwich Albion 41 21 14 6 71 40 20 9 8 3 40 25 21 12 6 3 31 15 31 77
3 Brentford 41 21 9 11 73 33 20 12 5 3 40 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 40 72
4 Fulham 41 20 10 11 55 44 21 13 2 6 33 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 11 70
5 Nottingham Forest 41 18 14 9 54 41 20 10 4 6 24 20 21 8 10 3 30 21 13 68
6 Cardiff City 41 16 16 9 58 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 21 7 7 7 30 34 7 64
7 Derby County 41 16 13 12 56 53 21 11 8 2 31 15 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 61
8 Swansea City 41 15 15 11 52 48 21 9 5 7 26 22 20 6 10 4 26 26 4 60
9 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
10 Preston North End 41 16 10 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 20 5 7 8 16 22 2 58
11 Blackburn Rovers 41 15 11 15 56 53 21 9 8 4 28 20 20 6 3 11 28 33 3 56
12 Bristol City 41 15 10 16 53 60 20 7 5 8 26 30 21 8 5 8 27 30 -7 55
13 Queens Park Rangers 41 15 8 18 60 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 20 7 3 10 22 30 -6 53
14 Reading 41 14 10 17 53 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 21 7 7 7 29 20 5 52
15 Sheffield Wednesday 41 14 10 17 50 56 20 7 6 7 17 25 21 7 4 10 33 31 -6 52
16 Wigan Athletic 41 13 11 17 45 53 20 8 6 6 23 22 21 5 5 11 22 31 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 12 13 16 51 64 20 6 6 8 30 35 21 6 7 8 21 29 -13 49
18 Stoke City 41 13 7 21 54 61 21 9 3 9 33 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -7 46
19 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
20 Huddersfield Town 41 12 10 19 49 63 21 7 6 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 46
21 Hull City 41 12 9 20 56 72 21 7 3 11 29 35 20 5 6 9 27 37 -16 45
22 Middlesbrough 41 10 14 17 40 53 21 6 8 7 18 23 20 4 6 10 22 30 -13 44
23 Barnsley 41 10 11 20 45 66 21 6 8 7 28 33 20 4 3 13 17 33 -21 41
24 Luton Town 41 11 7 23 46 78 20 7 5 8 28 33 21 4 2 15 18 45 -32 40

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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.