Soccer match guide: Home crowds with high expectations before Sheffield Wednesday - Cheltenham Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

The hosts, Sheffield Wednesday, should be the favourites in this match, but Cheltenham Town have revealed both capability and fearlessness. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cheltenham Town have scored away.

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

Sheffield Wednesday have collected 11 points from their League One home games so far after 3-2-1.

Sheffield are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Plymouth Argyle. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in four league matches. Heartbreak for Sheffield Wednesday in their last match as Plymouth Argyle's Cosgrove scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Bakinson, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Bakinson served one assist and hit three key passes.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Port Vale and winning 1-0.

Sheffield can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Sheffield Wednesday's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cheltenham Town in their League One matches away.

The Cheltenham goalkeeper Luke Southwood is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 269 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Cheltenham Town go into this game after a win, the home game against Bolton Wanderers that ended 1-0. Freestone was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Freestone won 5 of 6 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Shrewsbury Town.

The attacking power of Cheltenham when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Sheffield Wednesday-Cheltenham Town H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield Wednesday one win, Cheltenham Town zero wins, one draw. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayL. Palmer
L. Palmer
3 goals
Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
3 goals
Sheffield WednesdayG. Byers
G. Byers
3 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 5 11
7 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
22 14 1 Scored S 0 3 11
12 8 0 Conceded C 1 4 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
75% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 20% 55%
50% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 36%
33% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 36%
50% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 36%
 
5.7 6.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.2 3.6
3.9 2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.8 5.3
1.8 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.5 12.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.6 10.3
4.5 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3.2
41% 48% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 31%
 
11 8.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.2 12.2
3.6 3.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.2 3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cheltenham Town have scored away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 9 1 2 21 13 6 6 0 0 10 2 6 3 1 2 11 11 8 28
2 Ipswich Town 12 8 3 1 25 10 6 4 2 0 14 5 6 4 1 1 11 5 15 27
3 Sheffield Wednesday 12 7 2 3 22 12 6 3 2 1 14 8 6 4 0 2 8 4 10 23
4 Portsmouth 10 6 3 1 21 11 5 3 2 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 21
5 Barnsley 11 6 2 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 20
6 Bolton Wanderers 11 6 2 3 13 7 6 5 0 1 10 3 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 20
7 Peterborough United 11 6 0 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 12 1 6 2 0 4 8 11 8 18
8 Derby County 10 5 2 3 11 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 17
9 Accrington Stanley 11 4 4 3 14 13 6 2 3 1 10 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 1 16
10 Cambridge United 12 5 1 6 14 21 6 4 0 2 9 9 6 1 1 4 5 12 -7 16
11 Exeter City 11 4 3 4 18 12 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 15
12 Fleetwood Town 11 3 6 2 10 9 6 1 4 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 15
13 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 -2 15
14 Cheltenham Town 11 4 2 5 11 12 6 3 0 3 8 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 14
15 Lincoln City 10 3 4 3 14 16 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 12 -2 13
16 Charlton Athletic 11 2 6 3 15 15 5 2 3 0 9 4 6 0 3 3 6 11 0 12
17 Port Vale 11 3 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 12
18 Oxford United 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 -2 11
19 Wycombe Wanderers 11 3 2 6 13 16 5 2 1 2 6 4 6 1 1 4 7 12 -3 11
20 Milton Keynes Dons 10 3 1 6 11 14 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 6 6 -3 10
21 Bristol Rovers 11 2 3 6 15 22 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -7 9
22 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 2 7 10 25 6 1 0 5 4 14 5 1 2 2 6 11 -15 8
23 Burton Albion 12 2 1 9 14 27 6 1 0 5 3 12 6 1 1 4 11 15 -13 7
24 Morecambe 11 1 4 6 8 21 5 0 2 3 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 11 -13 7

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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.