Ace Football previews the Championship round 4 match between Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
Sheffield Wednesday hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Swansea over to the Hillsborough for a round 4 match.
Sheffield Wednesday have so far amassed only a single point from three matches this season. Following their three encounters Swansea have scraped together four points which hands them a position number 13 in the Championship standings.
Team form: Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea
Sheffield Wednesday Form
In their last three matches, Sheffield Wednesday lost 0-3 against Stoke, drew 2-2 with Wrexham and recorded a 1-1 draw with Leeds. Sheffield Wednesday claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Championship, which also saw them drawing one and losing four matches, in which they scored three and conceded eight goals.
Swansea Form
In their previous three outings, Swansea won by 1-0 against Sheffield United, drew 1-1 with Watford, before also drawing 1-1 against Plymouth. Swansea won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches says six goals conceded and five scored.
Betting facts for Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea played across all tournaments.
- In the last 9 Sheffield Wednesday home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 9 Sheffield Wednesday home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Sheffield Wednesday matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Sheffield Wednesday have lost 6 of the last 8 home matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Sheffield Wednesday have lost 6 of the last 8 home matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 14 of the last 16 Swansea matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Swansea have lost the last 3 away matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 5 of the last 7 Swansea away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Swansea away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Swansea matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
In-form players: Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea
Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Barry Bannan will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Swansea hope Ronald Pereira can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Championship goals in his last six Championship games.
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Full-time result
Sheffield Wednesday claimed a measly one home win in 10 most recent games at Hillsborough. However, they did draw three whilst losing six. Swansea won three of their last 10 away games, with two draws and five defeats as well. Swansea have not lost to Sheffield Wednesday in 4 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Sheffield Wednesday scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Curiously, Swansea only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Of the previous 10 outings, Sheffield Wednesday scored the opening goal five times, whereas their opponents were first on target in four of their last 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Sheffield Wednesday’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Swansea’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches. Amazingly, Sheffield Wednesday failed to keep a clean sheet in their 13 last matches.