Sheffield Wednesday host Burton Albion as obvious favourites: Full betting preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Sheffield Wednesday have excelled Burton Albion so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in League One

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield Wednesday nor Burton Albion 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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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

Sheffield Wednesday are steadily winning League One games and points here at Hillsborough Stadium. 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

A nice win for Sheffield last time playing, versus Charlton Athletic. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Byers and Paterson scoring for the victors. The striker Paterson was declared "man of the match" for Sheffield Wednesday with the rating of 7.61/10. Paterson scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Doncaster Rovers and winning 3-1.

Sheffield Wednesday are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Lincoln City awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Sheffield in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Sheffield Wednesday are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Burton Albion have only collected 16 points from their away games in the League One, after 4-4-9 (17 played).

Burton failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Shrewsbury Town (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Hamer got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Hamer hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Burton Albion travelled to Sunderland and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Burton have another game away in just four sleeps, a League One game vs Oxford United. A hard itinerary for them!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Burton Albion as they have only managed to score 14 times from 17 away games in the league. 25 goals have been conceded by Burton in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier on this match year: Burton Albion - Sheffield Wednesday 0-2. Sheffield Wednesday-Burton Albion H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield Wednesday one win, Burton Albion two wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SheffieldL. Gregory
L. Gregory
8 goals
Sheffield WednesdayB. Bannan
B. Bannan
5 goals
Burton AlbionJ. Brayford
J. Brayford
5 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Burton Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 6 17 35
16 10 3 Won W 0 4 12
10 4 0 Drew D 1 4 8
7 2 0 Lost L 5 9 15
47 25 4 Scored S 4 14 42
35 12 0 Conceded C 11 25 47
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
76% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 80%
39% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 49%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 23%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
45% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 57%
39% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 17%
21% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 35% 29%
 
6.4 6.7 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.6
4.8 3.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7 6.1
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13 14.2 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.5 12.8
4.6 5.2 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.9
31% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 31%
 
10.3 9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 15.7 13.8
3.8 2.9 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.2 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in League One
  • 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 34 23 6 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 11 3 3 24 5 42 75
2 Wigan Athletic 32 20 6 6 56 32 16 9 3 4 23 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 24 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 35 18 8 9 65 43 18 11 4 3 39 22 17 7 4 6 26 21 22 62
5 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
6 Sheffield Wednesday 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 10 4 2 25 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 12 58
7 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 15 10 9 55 46 17 9 4 4 30 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 9 55
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
11 Portsmouth 32 13 9 10 43 35 16 8 4 4 27 18 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 48
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 34 11 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 23 19 17 4 5 8 23 30 -3 44
14 Burton Albion 35 12 8 15 42 47 18 8 4 6 28 22 17 4 4 9 14 25 -5 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 34 9 10 15 31 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 37
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 32 7 12 13 47 56 16 5 5 6 26 25 16 2 7 7 21 31 -9 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 25

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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 Rotherham United 34 23 6 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 11 3 3 24 5 42 75
2 Wigan Athletic 32 20 6 6 56 32 16 9 3 4 23 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 24 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 35 18 8 9 65 43 18 11 4 3 39 22 17 7 4 6 26 21 22 62
5 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
6 Sheffield Wednesday 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 10 4 2 25 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 12 58
7 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 15 10 9 55 46 17 9 4 4 30 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 9 55
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
11 Portsmouth 32 13 9 10 43 35 16 8 4 4 27 18 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 48
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 34 11 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 23 19 17 4 5 8 23 30 -3 44
14 Burton Albion 35 12 8 15 42 47 18 8 4 6 28 22 17 4 4 9 14 25 -5 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 34 9 10 15 31 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 37
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 32 7 12 13 47 56 16 5 5 6 26 25 16 2 7 7 21 31 -9 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 25

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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.