Sheffield Wednesday v Rotherham United betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 03.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham United experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 23rd and the visitors in 22nd place.

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield Wednesday nor Rotherham United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Sheffield Wednesday at their home stadium (Hillsborough Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sheffield with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Wycombe Wanderers game, 22 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

No payout for Sheffield in their previous match, an away game at Luton Town that ended in defeat 2-3. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brentford (0-3).

Did Sheffield get overconfident in their match against Luton Town? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat.

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.

Sheffield Wednesday are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Reading awaits in three days.

Sheffield Wednesday aren't scoring a lot here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 15 games. Sheffield are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Rotherham United form and stats

There's been little loot from Rotherham United's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Championship. Rotherham United only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Rotherham who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Preston North End was the last time a defeat was avoided. Rotherham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Rotherham aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 389 league minutes without a goal. M. Crooks was the last player to find the net.

Rotherham failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Reading (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A loss against Nottingham Forest was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rotherham playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Rotherham United wins, two draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rotherham United manager P. Warne as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Brentford.

The attacking power of Rotherham when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Rotherham have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rotherham United - Sheffield 3-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sheffield five wins, three draws and Rotherham United two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
7 goals
SheffieldC. Paterson
C. Paterson
6 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Crooks
M. Crooks
6 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
9 6 3 Won W 2 4 8
7 5 1 Drew D 1 2 5
16 4 1 Lost L 2 9 18
23 12 5 Scored S 6 13 33
38 9 2 Conceded C 7 20 42
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
59% 40% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 60% 68%
28% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 48%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 13% 16%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 6%
34% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 40% 45%
31% 53% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 20% 19%
44% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.9
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.8 9 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.9 10.8
2.7 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.2 2.8
26% 25% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 39% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) 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 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 33 16 6 11 45 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 8 54
6 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
7 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
8 Cardiff City 33 14 8 11 49 35 16 6 3 7 27 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 14 50
9 Middlesbrough 33 13 8 12 38 35 17 8 3 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 47
10 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
11 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
12 Millwall 33 9 16 8 32 30 16 3 10 3 15 13 17 6 6 5 17 17 2 43
13 Preston North End 33 13 4 16 37 42 17 5 3 9 14 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -5 43
14 Luton Town 32 11 8 13 27 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 16 5 2 9 7 18 -10 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 32 11 7 14 46 38 16 6 5 5 24 19 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 40
16 Nottingham Forest 33 10 10 13 28 32 16 5 6 5 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 -4 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
18 Derby County 32 10 8 14 25 33 17 5 5 7 12 17 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 38
19 Huddersfield Town 33 10 6 17 38 50 16 8 2 6 24 17 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 36
20 Coventry City 33 8 11 14 30 44 16 6 6 4 17 17 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 35
21 Birmingham City 33 8 10 15 25 41 17 3 3 11 12 28 16 5 7 4 13 13 -16 34
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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  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 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 33 16 6 11 45 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 8 54
6 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
7 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
8 Cardiff City 33 14 8 11 49 35 16 6 3 7 27 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 14 50
9 Middlesbrough 33 13 8 12 38 35 17 8 3 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 47
10 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
11 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
12 Millwall 33 9 16 8 32 30 16 3 10 3 15 13 17 6 6 5 17 17 2 43
13 Preston North End 33 13 4 16 37 42 17 5 3 9 14 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -5 43
14 Luton Town 32 11 8 13 27 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 16 5 2 9 7 18 -10 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 32 11 7 14 46 38 16 6 5 5 24 19 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 40
16 Nottingham Forest 33 10 10 13 28 32 16 5 6 5 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 -4 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
18 Derby County 32 10 8 14 25 33 17 5 5 7 12 17 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 38
19 Huddersfield Town 33 10 6 17 38 50 16 8 2 6 24 17 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 36
20 Coventry City 33 8 11 14 30 44 16 6 6 4 17 17 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 35
21 Birmingham City 33 8 10 15 25 41 17 3 3 11 12 28 16 5 7 4 13 13 -16 34
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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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.