Soccer preview: Home fans have big expectations when Sheffield Wednesday meet Charlton Athletic

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Charlton Athletic have journeyed here for an appealing fight against the hosts Sheffield Wednesday. Read up on the fixture with this thorough League One preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

A League One draw at home so far for Sheffield Wednesday. Last season their home statistics were 16 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 23 matches.

Sheffield's previous fixture was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 2-0 versus Sunderland. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Adeniran was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.82 (out of ten) in that game. Adeniran scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Milton Keynes Dons and winning 1-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield Wednesday as they are travelling to their away game against Peterborough United in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sheffield Wednesday at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League One away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 7 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats.

Charlton Athletic delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Queens Park Rangers in their previous match; a Carabao Cup duel. Jaiyesimi got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Jaiyesimi hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Derby County in the League One.

A new game in only three days for Charlton, the League One home match versus Plymouth Argyle. Busy days.

Charlton Athletic have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Charlton Athletic.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayF. Dele-Bashiru
F. Dele-Bashiru
2 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
1 goals
Sheffield WednesdayM. Johnson
M. Johnson
1 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 3 0 Scored S 2 2 3
3 3 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.5
2.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 10
5 6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.5 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 9
5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
40% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 43%
 
8.5 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 24 24 15
4.5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 2
Sheffield Wednesday Last season Charlton Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
24 16   Won W   7 17
14 6   Drew D   4 8
10 2   Lost L   12 21
79 49   Scored S   23 55
52 19   Conceded C   31 59
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
75% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 78%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 46%
31% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 20%
21% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 9%
52% 54%   BTTS BTTS   61% 48%
33% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 35%
21% 4%   Failed to Score F T   17% 22%
 
6.5 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.3
4.4 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.8
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
1 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.7 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   10 11.4
4.7 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
35% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%
 
9.9 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11.2
3.5 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough United 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 6
2 Exeter City 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
3 Bolton Wanderers 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Accrington Stanley 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Charlton Athletic 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Ipswich Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Bristol Rovers 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
9 Fleetwood Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
10 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
11 Wycombe Wanderers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
12 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Barnsley 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Cambridge United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
15 Derby County 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
16 Oxford United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
17 Port Vale 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
18 Portsmouth 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
19 Lincoln City 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
20 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
21 Morecambe 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
22 Cheltenham Town 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
24 Burton Albion 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -7 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 Wigan Athletic 46 27 11 8 82 44 23 13 5 5 36 22 23 14 6 3 46 22 38 92
2 Rotherham United 46 27 9 10 70 33 23 15 3 5 43 22 23 12 6 5 27 11 37 90
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 26 11 9 78 44 23 13 5 5 34 21 23 13 6 4 44 23 34 89
4 Sheffield Wednesday 46 24 13 9 78 50 23 16 5 2 48 18 23 8 8 7 30 32 28 85
5 Sunderland 46 24 12 10 79 53 23 16 3 4 49 19 23 8 9 6 30 34 26 84
6 Wycombe Wanderers 46 23 14 9 75 51 23 14 5 4 39 26 23 9 9 5 36 25 24 83
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 23 11 12 68 48 23 14 4 5 32 19 23 9 7 7 36 29 20 80
8 Oxford United 46 22 10 14 82 59 23 13 6 4 47 27 23 9 4 10 35 32 23 76
9 Bolton Wanderers 46 21 10 15 74 57 23 12 7 4 45 26 23 9 3 11 29 31 17 73
10 Portsmouth 46 20 13 13 68 51 23 14 5 4 46 25 23 6 8 9 22 26 17 73
11 Ipswich Town 46 18 16 12 67 46 23 11 9 3 38 22 23 7 7 9 29 24 21 70
12 Accrington Stanley 46 17 10 19 61 80 23 12 6 5 41 33 23 5 4 14 20 47 -19 61
13 Charlton Athletic 46 17 8 21 55 59 23 10 4 9 32 28 23 7 4 12 23 31 -4 59
14 Cambridge United 46 15 13 18 56 74 23 8 8 7 28 29 23 7 5 11 28 45 -18 58
15 Cheltenham Town 46 13 17 16 66 80 23 10 7 6 33 30 23 3 10 10 33 50 -14 56
16 Burton Albion 46 14 11 21 51 67 23 10 6 7 34 26 23 4 5 14 17 41 -16 53
17 Lincoln City 46 14 10 22 55 63 23 7 5 11 25 29 23 7 5 11 30 34 -8 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 14 20 47 51 23 9 7 7 30 25 23 3 7 13 17 26 -4 50
19 Morecambe 46 10 12 24 57 88 23 7 8 8 33 35 23 3 4 16 24 53 -31 42
20 Fleetwood Town 46 8 16 22 62 82 23 5 8 10 33 37 23 3 8 12 29 45 -20 40
21 Gillingham 46 8 16 22 35 69 23 4 8 11 13 36 23 4 8 11 22 33 -34 40
22 Doncaster Rovers 46 10 8 28 37 82 23 7 3 13 20 32 23 3 5 15 17 50 -45 38
23 AFC Wimbledon 46 6 19 21 49 75 23 2 14 7 27 34 23 4 5 14 22 41 -26 37
24 Crewe Alexandra 46 7 8 31 37 83 23 5 5 13 22 40 23 2 3 18 15 43 -46 29

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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.