Sheffield Wednesday favourites for feisty fight facing Plymouth Argyle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle are both riding high in the League One with their 2nd and 1st positions respectively. This could be a wonderful game!

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in League One

Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

31 points is a decent return from 14 League One games here at Hillsborough Stadium for Sheffield Wednesday. The data says 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. The Sheffield Wednesday fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Hillsborough Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Sheffield Wednesday has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Sheffield, as their goalkeeper Cameron Dawson has completely shut out the opponents for 442 minutes in the League One.

The home supporters witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here. Defender Famewo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. Famewo won 8 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match, Sheffield Wednesday won a home game hosting Fleetwood Town (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield Wednesday handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be noted that a look at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The manager Moore will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fleetwood Town in only three days.

The Sheffield Wednesday manager Moore has got the team scoring with 31 from 14 home games in the league. Sheffield are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches. 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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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Plymouth Argyle have produced an overall stat of 5-7-2 so far. Plymouth Argyle are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.

Impressive finishing from Wright, Cosgrove, Scarr and Hardie secured the home win 4-2 against Cheltenham Town in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Cheltenham Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Wright got a player rating of 8.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Wright scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town's stadium before that.

Plymouth Argyle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Plymouth Argyle has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Plymouth in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have met earlier this season: Plymouth Argyle - Sheffield Wednesday 2-1. Data for the last ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Sheffield Wednesday, one draw and six wins for Plymouth Argyle. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
9 goals
Plymouth ArgyleN. Ennis
N. Ennis
8 goals
SheffieldJ. Windass
J. Windass
7 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Sheffield Wednesday Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
17 9 1 Won W 2 5 18
7 4 1 Drew D 2 7 7
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
47 31 5 Scored S 5 22 51
18 11 5 Conceded C 3 18 29
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 75%
37% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 57% 57%
22% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 43% 32%
15% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 18%
33% 36% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 57%
59% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 39%
15% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 14% 11%
 
5.6 5.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.9 5.2
3.3 1.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 5
1.5 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
14.5 15.1 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.9 13.5
4.7 5.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 5
37% 44% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 39% 37%
 
9.9 9.2 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 12.8 11.7
3.1 2.8 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Plymouth Argyle have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in League One
  • 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 (16) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most scored goals (31) at home in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the the best goal difference (+29) 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 28 18 7 3 51 29 14 13 0 1 29 11 14 5 7 2 22 18 22 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 27 17 7 3 47 18 14 9 4 1 31 11 13 8 3 2 16 7 29 58
3 Ipswich Town 28 15 9 4 53 28 14 8 5 1 27 10 14 7 4 3 26 18 25 54
4 Derby County 27 14 8 5 40 21 13 9 2 2 25 11 14 5 6 3 15 10 19 50
5 Bolton Wanderers 29 14 8 7 37 23 15 9 4 2 20 8 14 5 4 5 17 15 14 50
6 Barnsley 25 13 4 8 33 24 13 8 1 4 20 14 12 5 3 4 13 10 9 43
7 Peterborough United 26 13 2 11 43 32 13 9 1 3 26 10 13 4 1 8 17 22 11 41
8 Wycombe Wanderers 27 12 5 10 35 27 14 7 3 4 21 13 13 5 2 6 14 14 8 41
9 Shrewsbury Town 28 12 5 11 35 31 15 7 2 6 20 19 13 5 3 5 15 12 4 41
10 Exeter City 28 10 8 10 41 39 13 5 4 4 19 17 15 5 4 6 22 22 2 38
11 Portsmouth 26 9 10 7 34 32 13 4 7 2 19 15 13 5 3 5 15 17 2 37
12 Bristol Rovers 28 10 7 11 43 50 13 5 4 4 21 22 15 5 3 7 22 28 -7 37
13 Port Vale 27 10 6 11 28 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 14 5 3 6 14 21 -8 36
14 Oxford United 28 9 8 11 33 33 13 5 3 5 18 14 15 4 5 6 15 19 0 35
15 Charlton Athletic 27 8 10 9 41 38 15 6 5 4 27 19 12 2 5 5 14 19 3 34
16 Lincoln City 26 6 13 7 24 30 13 2 11 0 13 10 13 4 2 7 11 20 -6 31
17 Fleetwood Town 27 6 11 10 29 30 13 2 5 6 11 14 14 4 6 4 18 16 -1 29
18 Cheltenham Town 27 8 5 14 23 34 13 5 2 6 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 18 -11 29
19 Morecambe 27 6 9 12 31 40 14 5 5 4 21 17 13 1 4 8 10 23 -9 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 28 7 4 17 25 40 15 2 3 10 10 23 13 5 1 7 15 17 -15 25
21 Accrington Stanley 25 6 7 12 24 41 12 3 5 4 16 18 13 3 2 8 8 23 -17 25
22 Burton Albion 27 6 7 14 34 54 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 2 3 8 18 31 -20 25
23 Cambridge United 27 7 4 16 23 46 13 5 2 6 12 16 14 2 2 10 11 30 -23 25
24 Forest Green Rovers 29 5 6 18 24 55 14 4 0 10 11 25 15 1 6 8 13 30 -31 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.