Championship preview: Can Sheffield Wednesday edge out victory against Wycombe Wanderers?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 09.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Sheffield Wednesday and Wycombe Wanderers experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 23rd and the visitors in 24th place.

Insights:
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most conceded goals (45) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield nor Wycombe Wanderers 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

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Sheffield Wednesday are 5-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). Ever since the Barnsley game Sheffield Wednesday has been unbeatable here at Hillsborough Stadium producing four straight wins.

Sheffield faced defeat in their previous match, away at Millwall (1-4). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting AFC Bournemouth.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, three draws and seven defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Swansea City are coming to town in four days.

Sheffield have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 8 goals.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

There's been little loot from Wycombe Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 12 away games in the Championship. Wycombe Wanderers, who have the most conceded goals (45) in Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Wanderers, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Wanderers aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 227 league minutes without a goal. A. Muskwe was the last player to find the net.

Wycombe Wanderers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nottingham Forest proved too strong as Wycombe Wanderers slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Adams Park. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Birmingham City.

Wanderers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

The schedule is very tough for Wanderers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Huddersfield Town is waiting in only four days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Wycombe Wanderers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Wycombe Wanderers - Sheffield 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Sheffield, zero draws and one win for Wycombe Wanderers. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayC. Paterson
C. Paterson
6 goals
Wycombe WanderersS. Kashket
S. Kashket
4 goals
SheffieldJ. Windass
J. Windass
3 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 3 12 26
8 5 2 Won W 1 1 3
7 5 0 Drew D 1 2 7
12 3 0 Lost L 1 9 16
19 10 2 Scored S 3 10 18
30 8 0 Conceded C 4 28 45
89% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
59% 38% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 69%
26% 23% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 46%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 15%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
37% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 50%
33% 54% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
41% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 42% 46%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.6 8.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.4 10.1
2.7 3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.6 2.9
26% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 24%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest clean sheets (4) in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest points (5) away in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most conceded goals (28) away in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most conceded goals (45) in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the the worst goal difference (-27) in Championship
  • Wycombe Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wycombe Wanderers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Wycombe Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wycombe Wanderers 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 Norwich City 28 16 7 5 35 23 14 8 5 1 17 8 14 8 2 4 18 15 12 55
2 Brentford 27 15 9 3 52 27 14 8 5 1 29 15 13 7 4 2 23 12 25 54
3 Swansea City 27 15 8 4 35 15 14 8 5 1 18 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 20 53
4 Reading 27 14 6 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 14 5 6 3 18 16 11 48
5 Watford 28 13 9 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 14 3 7 4 7 9 11 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 Preston North End 28 11 3 14 32 36 14 4 2 8 11 15 14 7 1 6 21 21 -4 36
12 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
13 Millwall 28 7 14 7 26 26 14 2 9 3 13 13 14 5 5 4 13 13 0 35
14 Cardiff City 27 9 7 11 35 31 14 4 3 7 20 18 13 5 4 4 15 13 4 34
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 26 8 5 13 32 36 13 4 3 6 19 18 13 4 2 7 13 18 -4 29
21 Derby County 27 7 7 13 17 28 14 3 4 7 7 15 13 4 3 6 10 13 -11 28
22 Birmingham City 28 6 10 12 21 34 14 2 3 9 9 23 14 4 7 3 12 11 -13 28
23 Sheffield Wednesday 27 8 7 12 19 30 13 5 5 3 10 8 14 3 2 9 9 22 -11 25
24 Wycombe Wanderers 26 3 7 16 18 45 14 2 5 7 8 17 12 1 2 9 10 28 -27 16

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