League One preview and stats: Sheffield Wednesday - Fleetwood Town at Hillsborough Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Welcome to Hillsborough Stadium and this game involving Sheffield Wednesday and Fleetwood Town in the League One. Here's all you should know!

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in League One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Hillsborough Stadium as Sheffield Wednesday have scored 30 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the League One are 8-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cameron Dawson not having conceded a league goal in 352 minutes.

Happy days for Sheffield in their previous game, a fixture away at Wycombe Wanderers (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Vaulks (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Vaulks scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that match, a home win hosting Newcastle United in the FA Cup.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 13 league games, 10 have contained two goals or less.

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

Sheffield Wednesday can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 30 times. Sheffield Wednesday have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Oxford United with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Andrew, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Andrew hit four key passes and won 2 of 3 duels.

Before that one, the victory at home against Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup (2-1).

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Fleetwood are hosting Portsmouth in the League One only three days away.

Fleetwood Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 18 goals have been scored. 15 goals have been conceded by Fleetwood Town in these games. Fleetwood has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Fleetwood Town - Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 was the story when this pair of participants last did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Sheffield Wednesday three wins, zero draws and Fleetwood Town zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. One of the stars has been Gregory with 4 goals scored against Fleetwood Town in these 3 matches.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
7 goals
SheffieldM. Smith
M. Smith
7 goals
Fleetwood TownC. Gomes
C. Gomes
5 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 25
16 8 4 Won W 0 4 6
7 4 0 Drew D 2 6 11
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 8
46 30 17 Scored S 4 18 29
18 11 2 Conceded C 5 15 27
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 76%
38% 54% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 48%
23% 46% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 8%
15% 31% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 68%
58% 54% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 24%
15% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
5.7 6.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.1 5.1
3.4 1.9 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.3 5.8
1.5 1.4 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
14.5 15.2 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 10.4 11.2
4.7 5.2 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 3.2
37% 45% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 49% 36%
 
10 9.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.8 12.3
3.2 2.9 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Fleetwood Town have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (15) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most scored goals (30) at home in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the the best goal difference (+28) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Plymouth Argyle 27 17 7 3 47 27 13 12 0 1 25 9 14 5 7 2 22 18 20 58
2 Sheffield Wednesday 26 16 7 3 46 18 13 8 4 1 30 11 13 8 3 2 16 7 28 55
3 Ipswich Town 26 14 9 3 48 26 13 7 5 1 23 10 13 7 4 2 25 16 22 51
4 Derby County 25 12 8 5 36 19 12 8 2 2 23 10 13 4 6 3 13 9 17 44
5 Bolton Wanderers 26 12 8 6 33 20 14 8 4 2 19 8 12 4 4 4 14 12 13 44
6 Barnsley 24 12 4 8 30 23 12 7 1 4 17 13 12 5 3 4 13 10 7 40
7 Wycombe Wanderers 26 11 5 10 33 27 13 6 3 4 19 13 13 5 2 6 14 14 6 38
8 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 42 45 13 5 4 4 21 22 14 5 3 6 21 23 -3 37
9 Peterborough United 24 11 2 11 39 31 12 8 1 3 24 9 12 3 1 8 15 22 8 35
10 Exeter City 26 9 8 9 39 37 13 5 4 4 19 17 13 4 4 5 20 20 2 35
11 Port Vale 24 10 5 9 27 32 11 5 3 3 13 11 13 5 2 6 14 21 -5 35
12 Charlton Athletic 26 8 10 8 40 36 14 6 5 3 26 17 12 2 5 5 14 19 4 34
13 Oxford United 25 8 8 9 31 28 12 4 3 5 16 13 13 4 5 4 15 15 3 32
14 Shrewsbury Town 25 9 5 11 27 29 13 5 2 6 13 17 12 4 3 5 14 12 -2 32
15 Portsmouth 23 7 10 6 29 30 12 3 7 2 17 15 11 4 3 4 12 15 -1 31
16 Lincoln City 25 6 12 7 24 30 12 2 10 0 13 10 13 4 2 7 11 20 -6 30
17 Fleetwood Town 25 6 11 8 29 27 12 2 5 5 11 12 13 4 6 3 18 15 2 29
18 Cheltenham Town 25 8 4 13 21 30 12 5 1 6 13 16 13 3 3 7 8 14 -9 28
19 Accrington Stanley 24 6 7 11 23 38 12 3 5 4 16 18 12 3 2 7 7 20 -15 25
20 Morecambe 25 5 9 11 26 35 13 4 5 4 16 16 12 1 4 7 10 19 -9 24
21 Cambridge United 25 7 3 15 22 41 13 5 2 6 12 16 12 2 1 9 10 25 -19 24
22 Milton Keynes Dons 25 6 4 15 23 36 13 2 3 8 10 20 12 4 1 7 13 16 -13 22
23 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 4 6 14 23 13 2 3 8 18 31 -22 22
24 Forest Green Rovers 26 5 6 15 22 50 13 4 0 9 10 23 13 1 6 6 12 27 -28 21

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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.