League One match prediction: Little separates Peterborough United and Sheffield Wednesday in quality

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Weston Homes Stadium (15314 seats)

A important fixture in League One as both squads are battling for the top positions. With Peterborough United in 6th place and Sheffield Wednesday placed 3rd, this has all the looks of a thriling duel. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (24) in League One

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!

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Peterborough United form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Peterborough United have managed 13 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 23 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Peterborough United, as their goalkeeper Will Norris has completely shut out the opponents for 188 minutes in the League One.

Peterborough United are returning here after visiting Barnsley and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Taylor and Clarke-Harris scored the goal(s). Burrows, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Burrows signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 5 of 12 duels.

In the match before that, Peterborough hosted Bristol Rovers and drew the game 0-0.

It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Peterborough United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Weston Homes Stadium with 38 goals in 23 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Peterborough United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

12-6-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday in their League One matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Sheffield Wednesday hope to make it five in this match.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sheffield goalkeeper Cameron Dawson is eager to challenge this, with his 223 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Sheffield Wednesday go into this game after a win, the home game against Derby County that ended 1-0. Defender Flint was the best team player with a rating of 8.41. Flint won 10 of 12 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Shrewsbury Town.

The visiting Sheffield Wednesday have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 32 goals from 23 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (21 so far).

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the match result Sheffield Wednesday - Peterborough 1-0 written in the official records. Last eight meetings involving these squads: Peterborough United won four, Sheffield Wednesday triumphed in three and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PeterboroughJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
26 goals
Sheffield WednesdayM. Smith
M. Smith
16 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
11 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Peterborough United Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
46 23 6 Played P 6 23 46
24 13 3 Won W 2 12 28
5 4 0 Drew D 2 6 12
17 6 3 Lost L 2 5 6
75 38 10 Scored S 8 32 81
54 25 13 Conceded C 8 21 37
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 96% 96%
80% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 67%
59% 61% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 39% 43%
24% 26% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 24%
15% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 9% 15%
41% 35% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 41%
35% 43% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 48% 52%
30% 35% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 13% 11%
 
5.5 6.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.6 5.7
4.2 3.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.4 3.3
1.4 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.7 15.7 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.7 14.7
4.5 4.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 4.3 4.7
36% 35% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 37%
 
10.4 9.1 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 10.7 9.5
3.5 3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4 3.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (21) away in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (11) away in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (24) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27

Sheffield Wednesday:
England:
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 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.