Sheffield Wednesday are located at 3rd, while Port Vale are lagging 11 points behind in the league table. Can they crop the gap?
- Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (12) in League One
- Port Vale have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sheffield Wednesday and Port Vale.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
Sheffield Wednesday have performed here at Hillsborough Stadium this season with 6 wins from 11 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. days ago.
A good away victory last time out for Sheffield Wednesday, who won 2-1 against Fleetwood Town (placed 15th). Finally, a league win after three games without. Midfielder Johnson was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.63 (out of ten) in that game. Johnson hit two key passes.
Before that, Sheffield Wednesday drew at home versus Oxford United.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sheffield's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have contained two goals or less.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Cambridge United in only four days. This game is also played here at Hillsborough Stadium.
Sheffield Wednesday can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times.
Port Vale form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Port Vale have produced an overall stat of 4-2-5 so far.
Impressive finishing from Massey secured the home win 1-0 against Morecambe in their previous game. Midfielder Garrity was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Garrity served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A defeat, in the EFL Trophy away at Salford City, earlier.
Some info for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.
Port Vale have another match that requires travelling in just three days, a League One fixture vs Forest Green Rovers. A rough fixture list for the visitors!
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Port have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Port Vale - Sheffield Wednesday 0-1. Sheffield Wednesday-Port Vale H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield Wednesday three wins, Port Vale one win, zero draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Harrison 7 goals |  F. Dele-Bashiru 4 goals |  B. Bannan 4 goals |
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Sheffield Wednesday | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 38 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 29 |
| 91% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 70% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 64% |
| 39% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 55% | 50% |
| 22% | 45% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 27% |
| 13% | 27% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 39% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 36% | 41% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 32% |
| 17% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 36% | 32% |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 3.4 | 1.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 14.9 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 11.2 | 11.8 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 36% | 42% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 58% | 51% |
| 10.2 | 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Vale have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
- Port Vale 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 Port Vale have scored away.
- Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (12) in League One
- Sheffield Wednesday have the most scored goals (23) at home 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 50 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Derby County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 16 | Oxford United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -9 | 21 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 20 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -14 | 19 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -17 | 15 |
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