Ace Football previews the Championship game between Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Sheffield Wednesday go up against Portsmouth on Saturday for a Championship meeting at Fratton Park.
Ranked as number 9 in the Championship standings, Portsmouth, have so far collected eight points this season, while Sheffield Wednesday collected one points. This puts them up as number 23 after five rounds.
Team form: Portsmouth vs Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth Form
Portsmouth have gone unbeaten in their previous three matches, which included a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich, a 1-0 victory over Preston, and a 0-0 draw with Southampton. Portsmouth won three of their previous six matches at Fratton Park in the Championship. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring seven goals to five against.
Sheffield Wednesday Form
Sheffield Wednesday endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 0-2 by Swansea, before Bristol City ran out 0-3 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Grimsby, who came out 0-1 winners. Sheffield Wednesday didn’t manage a single away win in their last six Championship matches, but managed four draws, while suffering two defeats. They conceded ten and scored seven goals themselves.
Betting stats for Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday
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 Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday played across all tournaments.
- In 21 of the last 23 Portsmouth matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 13 of the last 14 Portsmouth home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 12 Portsmouth home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 8 Portsmouth matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Portsmouth matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Sheffield Wednesday matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Sheffield Wednesday matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Sheffield Wednesday have lost 4 of the last 5 matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Sheffield Wednesday have lost 3 of the last 4 matches in the Championship while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- In the last 3 Sheffield Wednesday away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players in form: Portsmouth vs Sheffield Wednesday
Adrian Segecic found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Barry Bannan just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Betting markets: Portsmouth vs Sheffield Wednesday
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Fratton Park across all tournaments Portsmouth won five times, drew two and lost three times. Sheffield Wednesday claimed two wins, five draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Amazingly, Sheffield Wednesday failed to keep a clean sheet in their 15 last matches. Sheffield Wednesday have not lost to Portsmouth in 5 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Portsmouth only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Sheffield Wednesday scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Portsmouth were able to win five of their matches last 10 matches without conceding a goal. Sheffield Wednesday have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Portsmouth.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Portsmouth, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Sheffield Wednesday’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.9 goals in these matches.
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