A quick peek at the League One table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Read our Sheffield Wednesday - Accrington Stanley match guide!
- Sheffield Wednesday have scored in all their home matches so far.
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an active game!
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
Overall League One statistics playing at home this season for Sheffield Wednesday are 5-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). Sheffield haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Oxford United, 77 days ago.
Sheffield Wednesday are confident in defense, having played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Sheffield enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Crewe Alexandra's place. The match ended 2-0 with Gregory and Bannan scoring. Bailey Peacock-Farrell, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.9 out of 10 in that game. Peacock-Farrell saved a penalty, stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Sheffield Wednesday played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Portsmouth.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 three wins, six draws and two defeats.
The Sheffield fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Sheffield have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Accrington Stanley so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Accrington Stanley won their last game, 1-0 versus Bolton Wanderers played at home. Midfielder Tommy Leigh was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.93. Leigh scored one goal and hit two key passes.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against AFC Wimbledon.We have checked recent matches where Accrington have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were five victories, four draws and eight defeats.
Accrington find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Accrington have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved encountered each other before this match year: Accrington Stanley - Sheffield 2-3.Top Goalscorers
  L. Gregory 8 goals |   C. Bishop 6 goals | H. Pell 5 goals |
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| Sheffield Wednesday | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 39 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 77% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 68% |
| 41% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 59% |
| 18% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 41% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 55% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 23% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 14.1 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 22% | 29% |
| 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 14.9 | 12.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
- Sheffield Wednesday have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 39 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 35 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 30 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 28 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 21 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 19 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 17 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 16 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 15 |
- Sheffield Wednesday
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- Sheffield Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- Accrington Stanley
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)