A victory to the home team is expected from this game if the league standings is to be trusted. The Sheffield Wednesday followers are confident that the mismatch between 1st and Morecambe's 21st place in the table will be visible on the arena.
- Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
- Morecambe have the fewest points (7) away in League One
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.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Hillsborough Stadium as Sheffield Wednesday have scored 32 goals to get 34 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the League One are 10-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.
An away draw last time out for Sheffield, facing Ipswich Town in a game that ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for Sheffield Wednesday in their match versus Ipswich Town as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. The attacker Smith was named "man of the match" for Sheffield with the rating of 7.84/10. Smith scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup.
It should be considered that a peek at the 12 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sheffield Wednesday as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Milton Keynes Dons are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Sheffield Wednesday are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 15 league matches. Sheffield 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.
Morecambe form and stats
There's been little loot from Morecambe's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 14 away games in the League One. Morecambe only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Morecambe, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Morecambe delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Forest Green Rovers (placed 24th) in their previous match. Defender Rawson was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Rawson won 8 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Derby County's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Peterborough United in just four days.
The attacking power of Morecambe when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Morecambe has visited these top teams six times, and 4 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other earlier this season: Morecambe - Sheffield Wednesday 0-3. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Sheffield victories, zero draws and one Morecambe win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Smith 8 goals |   J. Weir 8 goals |  J. Windass 7 goals |
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| Sheffield Wednesday | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 50 | 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 32 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | 46 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 66% | 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 79% | 83% |
| 38% | 47% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 52% |
| 24% | 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 24% |
| 14% | 27% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 7% | 10% |
| 34% | 33% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 59% |
| 59% | 60% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 31% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 3.4 | 2 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 14.9 | 18.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 37% | 42% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | 30% |
| 10 | 9.2 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.2 | 17.8 | 17.6 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morecambe have the fewest points (7) away in League One
- Morecambe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Morecambe 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Morecambe have scored away.
- Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (17) in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the most scored goals (32) at home in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the the best goal difference (+30) 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 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 61 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 61 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 55 |
| 4 | Derby County | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 53 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 27 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 44 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 44 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 38 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -9 | 37 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 37 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -2 | 29 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 29 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 17 | -13 | 28 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -19 | 28 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -14 | 27 |
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 26 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 30 | -23 | 26 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -33 | 21 |
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