Struggling Sheffield Wednesday will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Reading in the upcoming league round. It’s 23rd vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Reading have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wednesday.
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
Sheffield Wednesday's results here at Hillsborough Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Sheffield Wednesday.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Stoke City in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. 1-1 away at Swansea City before that.
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 ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost two.
There will be little rest for Sheffield Wednesday after this match as they are travelling to Norwich City for a Championship game in only three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Sheffield means that they have only scored 3 goals in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 4 goals.
Reading form and stats
3-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reading in their Championship matches away.
Yakou Meite, Lucas João and Ovie Ejaria scored in Reading's previous match, the home game against Bristol City that ended 3-1. A 1-1 draw at Millwall's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Reading in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Reading, three draws and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nottingham Forest in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Reading's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. As for defending, Reading rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield four wins, three draws and Reading three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Santos João 9 goals |  Y. Meïté 5 goals |   B. Bannan 2 goals |
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
Reading missing players
| Sheffield Wednesday | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 79% | 57% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 43% | 29% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 21% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 43% |
| 43% | 57% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 9.7 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.1 | 9.6 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 18% | 14% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 48% | 35% |
- Reading have scored more than double the goals of Sheffield Wednesday.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Watford | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Reading | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Brentford | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 10 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -15 | 7 |
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