Swansea City vs Sheffield Wednesday: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 05.July
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Liberty Stadium (20827 seats)

8th position in the Championship table for Swansea City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 13th-placed Sheffield Wednesday visits Liberty Stadium.

Sheffield Wednesday could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.

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Swansea City form and stats

Swansea City have played 20 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-7 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Liberty Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Millwall (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Luton Town that was lost 0-1.

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 Swansea City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost two.

There will be little rest for Swansea after this match as they are travelling to Birmingham City for a Championship game in only three days.

Swansea has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 20 matches. Swansea have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Sheffield Wednesday playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Sheffield Wednesday's previous game was their home loss versus West Bromwich Albion (0-3). Preceding that game was the away victory against Bristol City with the score of 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sheffield Wednesday playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were five Sheffield Wednesday wins, six draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Preston North End in just three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Sheffield's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 20 league matches away. 29 goals have been conceded by Sheffield Wednesday in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sheffield Wednesday - Swansea 2-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Swansea City victories, five draws and one Sheffield Wednesday win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
13 goals
Swansea CityR. Brewster
R. Brewster
6 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Murphy
J. Murphy
5 goals

Swansea City missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swansea City Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 20 5 Played P 5 20 40
14 8 2 Won W 2 7 14
15 5 3 Drew D 0 4 10
11 7 0 Lost L 3 9 16
50 24 7 Scored S 8 32 49
47 21 5 Conceded C 8 29 54
85% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
65% 60% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 72%
48% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
25% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 25%
10% 10% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 12%
55% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 65% 52%
30% 30% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 28%
30% 35% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 25%
 
5.3 5.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.6 5.7
4.9 3.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 4.4
1.6 1.1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.2 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
489 267 60 Total Shots T S 59 237 508
152 85 14 Shots on Target S O 18 77 160
33% 28% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 42% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Leeds United 41 23 9 9 63 34 20 12 5 3 30 14 21 11 4 6 33 20 29 78
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 41 21 9 11 73 33 20 12 5 3 40 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 40 72
4 Fulham 41 20 10 11 55 44 21 13 2 6 33 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 11 70
5 Nottingham Forest 41 18 14 9 54 41 20 10 4 6 24 20 21 8 10 3 30 21 13 68
6 Cardiff City 41 16 16 9 58 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 21 7 7 7 30 34 7 64
7 Derby County 41 16 13 12 56 53 21 11 8 2 31 15 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 61
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Preston North End 41 16 10 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 20 5 7 8 16 22 2 58
10 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 41 15 11 15 56 53 21 9 8 4 28 20 20 6 3 11 28 33 3 56
12 Bristol City 41 15 10 16 53 60 20 7 5 8 26 30 21 8 5 8 27 30 -7 55
13 Reading 41 14 10 17 53 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 21 7 7 7 29 20 5 52
14 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Wigan Athletic 41 13 11 17 45 53 20 8 6 6 23 22 21 5 5 11 22 31 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 12 13 16 51 64 20 6 6 8 30 35 21 6 7 8 21 29 -13 49
18 Stoke City 41 13 7 21 54 61 21 9 3 9 33 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -7 46
19 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
20 Huddersfield Town 41 12 10 19 49 63 21 7 6 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 46
21 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
22 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
23 Barnsley 41 10 11 20 45 66 21 6 8 7 28 33 20 4 3 13 17 33 -21 41
24 Luton Town 41 11 7 23 46 78 20 7 5 8 28 33 21 4 2 15 18 45 -32 40

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 41 23 9 9 63 34 20 12 5 3 30 14 21 11 4 6 33 20 29 78
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 41 21 9 11 73 33 20 12 5 3 40 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 40 72
4 Fulham 41 20 10 11 55 44 21 13 2 6 33 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 11 70
5 Nottingham Forest 41 18 14 9 54 41 20 10 4 6 24 20 21 8 10 3 30 21 13 68
6 Cardiff City 41 16 16 9 58 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 21 7 7 7 30 34 7 64
7 Derby County 41 16 13 12 56 53 21 11 8 2 31 15 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 61
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Preston North End 41 16 10 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 20 5 7 8 16 22 2 58
10 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 41 15 11 15 56 53 21 9 8 4 28 20 20 6 3 11 28 33 3 56
12 Bristol City 41 15 10 16 53 60 20 7 5 8 26 30 21 8 5 8 27 30 -7 55
13 Reading 41 14 10 17 53 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 21 7 7 7 29 20 5 52
14 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Wigan Athletic 41 13 11 17 45 53 20 8 6 6 23 22 21 5 5 11 22 31 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 12 13 16 51 64 20 6 6 8 30 35 21 6 7 8 21 29 -13 49
18 Stoke City 41 13 7 21 54 61 21 9 3 9 33 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -7 46
19 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
20 Huddersfield Town 41 12 10 19 49 63 21 7 6 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 46
21 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
22 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
23 Barnsley 41 10 11 20 45 66 21 6 8 7 28 33 20 4 3 13 17 33 -21 41
24 Luton Town 41 11 7 23 46 78 20 7 5 8 28 33 21 4 2 15 18 45 -32 40

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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.