This should be quite a fixture, with Sheffield Wednesday at 8th and Sunderland placed 5th. Here's our match guide!
- Sheffield Wednesday have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sheffield Wednesday have to build on here at Hillsborough Stadium in the League One. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Sheffield Wednesday has four draws from their last four matches.
The home team returns to Hillsborough Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Cheltenham Town (placed 16th) on their last time out; the League One game ended 2-2. Cheyenne Dunkley, defender, was given a rating of 7.92/10 in that game, top of the team. Dunkley scored one goal and won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, Sheffield drew at home versus Lincoln City.Sheffield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Sheffield are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Sunderland form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sunderland, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Rotherham United (placed 4th). Sunderland lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one. The attacker Ross Stewart got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Stewart scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 0-0 draw at Queens Park Rangers (after extra-time, 1-3 on penalties)'s stadium before that.After this away game Sunderland return home for a FA Cup game against Mansfield Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Sunderland have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Sheffield Wednesday victories, one draw and two Sunderland wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 10 goals |   L. Gregory 5 goals |  D. Adeniran 3 goals |
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Sheffield Wednesday | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 33% | 17% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 13 | 14.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 30% | 30% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 34% |
- Sheffield Wednesday have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Rotherham United | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 15 |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 11 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 8 |
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