Rotherham United v Sheffield Wednesday betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Yet another engrossing match in the League One. Rotherham United is in the 6th position from playing three fixtures. They receive Sheffield Wednesday who are placed 4th from three games.

It's no vacation for neither Rotherham United nor Sheffield Wednesday 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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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United have only played one League One game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats from 23 matches.

Happy days for Rotherham in their previous game, a League One match away at Morecambe (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The attacker Michael Smith was "man of the match" for Rotherham with a rating of 8.12/10. Smith scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Wigan Athletic.

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 Rotherham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost four.

Rotherham United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

One match played away so far in the League One for Sheffield Wednesday and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses from 23 games. Sheffield Wednesday has drawn their two previous away games.

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 Bailey Peacock-Farrell is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Lee Gregory scored in Sheffield Wednesday's previous match, the home game against Fleetwood Town that ended 1-0. Attacker Lee Gregory got a player rating of 8.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Gregory scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Doncaster Rovers.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Sheffield Wednesday in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Sheffield, four draws and six defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sheffield Wednesday has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Rotherham victories, two draws and five Sheffield Wednesday wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RotherhamB. Wiles
B. Wiles
1 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
1 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
1 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
8.7 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5.7
6.3 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 5
1.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 9.7
5.3 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.3
19% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 30%
Rotherham United Last season Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
11 5   Won W   4 12
9 4   Drew D   3 11
26 14   Lost L   16 23
44 26   Scored S   18 40
60 35   Conceded C   44 61
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 91%
63% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 65%
43% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 37%
15% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 13%
7% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
43% 52%   BTTS BTTS   43% 41%
20% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 28%
41% 35%   Failed to Score F T   48% 39%
 
5 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.3
5 5   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.2
1.8 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
5 3   Red cards R C   3 7
 
11 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.7
2.9 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.9
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 3 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Burton Albion 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
4 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Oxford United 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
7 Accrington Stanley 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
8 Sunderland 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 2 0 7 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
10 AFC Wimbledon 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
11 Morecambe 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
12 Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 4
13 Lincoln City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
14 Wigan Athletic 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
15 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
17 Cambridge United 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
18 Gillingham 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Ipswich Town 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
20 Charlton Athletic 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
22 Fleetwood Town 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
Last season 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 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

Sheffield Wednesday:
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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 Portsmouth 3 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Burton Albion 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
4 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Oxford United 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
7 Accrington Stanley 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
8 Sunderland 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 2 0 7 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
10 AFC Wimbledon 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
11 Morecambe 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
12 Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 4
13 Lincoln City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
14 Wigan Athletic 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
15 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
17 Cambridge United 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
18 Gillingham 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
19 Ipswich Town 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
20 Charlton Athletic 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
21 Crewe Alexandra 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
22 Fleetwood Town 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
23 Doncaster Rovers 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
24 Shrewsbury Town 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0

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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.