Struggling Sheffield Wednesday will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Swansea City in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Championship
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 have played 14 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Barnsley here at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Wednesday has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Sheffield's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Wycombe Wanderers (placed 24th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Sheffield lost 1-4 at Millwall's place.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield as they are travelling to their away game against Stoke City in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Sheffield aren't scoring a lot here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 14 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 8 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Swansea City form and stats
Playing away, Swansea City, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Championship, have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season. Having won their last three away games Swansea City has no reason to fear anyone.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Manchester City with 1-3 on the scoreboard. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Norwich City.
After this away game Swansea return home for a Championship game against Nottingham Forest. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Swansea are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Swansea City as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Swansea City - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Sheffield Wednesday victory, five draws and four Swansea City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ayew Pelé 9 goals |  J. Lowe 9 goals |   C. Paterson 6 goals |
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| Sheffield Wednesday | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 30 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 89% | 79% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 61% | 43% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 77% | 74% |
| 25% | 21% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 4% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 36% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 37% |
| 36% | 57% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 46% | 56% |
| 39% | 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 9 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 27% | 27% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | 39% |
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Championship
- Swansea City has the most clean sheets (15) in Championship
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brentford | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 27 | 57 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 55 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 53 |
| 4 | Watford | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 48 |
| 5 | Reading | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 45 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 39 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 37 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 36 |
| 14 | Millwall | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 34 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -8 | 33 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 31 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 28 |
| 22 | Derby County | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 28 |
| 23 | Birmingham City | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -13 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 30 | -29 | 16 |
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