Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City spectators can't wait for Championship clash at Hillsborough Stadium

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield Wednesday nor Stoke City 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.

Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Sheffield Wednesday at their home stadium (Hillsborough Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Sheffield Wednesday manager G. Monk and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Cardiff City (placed 11th) in the Championship. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Wigan Athletic.

A case of two points dropped for Sheffield Wednesday in the Cardiff City match as a lead 1-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

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 Wednesday have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 2.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sheffield Wednesday as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Leeds United are visiting.

Sheffield Wednesday has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, Sheffield Wednesday have conceded only 3 goals.

Stoke City form and stats

Playing away, Stoke City have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.

The supporters enjoyed Stoke City's previous game versus Fulham (placed 10th), a Championship 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Swansea City with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Stoke City, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Stoke City has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Millwall in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Stoke City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Stoke City have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sheffield Wednesday 2 wins, 5 draws and Stoke City 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Fletcher 5 goals / 1 assists

S. Clucas 3 goals / 1 assists

K. Harris 2 goals / 2 assists

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