Stoke City fights Sheffield Wednesday in Championship battle

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Championship table so far. Here's the Stoke City - Sheffield Wednesday latest:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Stoke City form and stats

When playing at home, Stoke City have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 19 games. The last three games played by Stoke City, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Reading in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Derby County the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Stoke City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stoke City as a small favourite), we find five games. Stoke City has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The Stoke City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 20 in 19 matches. Stoke City have only conceded 18 in these games.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

6-5-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday in their matches away. Things are running smoothly for Sheffield Wednesday who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Chelsea.

Sheffield Wednesday are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the Championship against Blackburn Rovers (placed 17th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Bolton Wanderers with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Sheffield Wednesday in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Sheffield Wednesday, 6 draws and 9 defeats.

Sheffield Wednesday find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 21 goals from 19 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sheffield Wednesday - Stoke City 2-2 entered in the official records. Stoke City-Sheffield Wednesday H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Stoke City 2 wins, Sheffield Wednesday 2 wins, 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

S. Fletcher
10 goals / 2 assists
Lucas João
9 goals / 1 assists
A. Reach
8 goals / 7 assists

Stoke City missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Stoke City Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
82% 89% Over 0.5 89% 89%
66% 68% Over 1.5 74% 76%
34% 26% Over 2.5 53% 55%
24% 11% Over 3.5 32% 26%
3% 5% Over 4.5 5% 8%
42% 32% Both teams to score 63% 61%
39% 42% Clean Sheet 32% 29%
37% 37% Failed To Score 16% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 38 23 9 6 77 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 19 10 7 2 36 19 29 78
2 Sheffield United 38 22 8 8 64 34 19 13 3 3 35 13 19 9 5 5 29 21 30 74
3 Leeds United 38 22 7 9 63 39 19 12 3 4 32 16 19 10 4 5 31 23 24 73
4 West Bromwich Albion 38 19 10 9 72 48 19 8 7 4 41 25 19 11 3 5 31 23 24 67
5 Middlesbrough 37 15 13 9 40 31 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 8 7 4 21 17 9 58
6 Aston Villa 38 14 15 9 68 54 19 8 8 3 44 32 19 6 7 6 24 22 14 57
7 Preston North End 38 15 12 11 58 50 19 7 9 3 34 24 19 8 3 8 24 26 8 57
8 Derby County 37 15 11 11 46 44 19 9 7 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 21 26 2 56
9 Bristol City 36 15 10 11 45 38 19 7 6 6 22 19 17 8 4 5 23 19 7 55
10 Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 13 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 19 6 5 8 21 29 -3 55
11 Nottingham Forest 38 13 15 10 52 44 19 10 4 5 27 18 19 3 11 5 25 26 8 54
12 Hull City 38 14 9 15 54 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 19 5 4 10 23 38 -2 51
13 Birmingham City 38 12 14 12 53 49 19 6 8 5 26 20 19 6 6 7 27 29 4 50
14 Brentford 37 13 10 14 60 50 19 11 3 5 40 20 18 2 7 9 20 30 10 49
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 45 46 17 8 4 5 26 20 19 5 4 10 19 26 -1 47
16 Stoke City 38 10 17 11 37 42 19 8 5 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 47
17 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 11 15 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 4 5 10 26 42 -8 47
18 Queens Park Rangers 38 12 8 18 45 59 19 8 3 8 27 26 19 4 5 10 18 33 -14 44
19 Wigan Athletic 38 10 9 19 41 57 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 39
20 Millwall 37 9 10 18 41 55 18 6 6 6 22 24 19 3 4 12 19 31 -14 37
21 Reading 38 8 13 17 40 56 19 6 4 9 25 29 19 2 9 8 15 27 -16 37
22 Rotherham United 38 7 15 16 40 61 19 6 8 5 27 30 19 1 7 11 13 31 -21 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 8 23 26 63 19 4 4 11 12 28 19 3 4 12 14 35 -37 29
24 Ipswich Town 38 3 15 20 30 62 19 2 10 7 18 25 19 1 5 13 12 37 -32 24

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