Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th October 2023

The Championship tie at Hillsborough this coming Saturday sees home team Sheffield Wednesday up against Huddersfield.

Sheffield Wednesday are placed 24 with two points after ten matches. Huddersfield occupy a position as 19 in the league on ten points.

Both Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield came through their most recent matches empty-handed and will be eager to avoid getting defeated once again. Who'll draw first blood at Hillsborough? We'll find out this coming Saturday.

Sheffield Wednesday are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net five times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.5 goals per game, as they conceded 18 goals. They managed one clean sheets in these matches.

Huddersfield managed a bearable 11 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.1 goals per game. They conceded 18 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.8 goals an average per game.

It finished all square when Sheffield Wednesday last faced Huddersfield. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 9/4.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Prediction

Sheffield Wednesday Form

Sheffield Wednesday have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 3-0 by Swansea, before Sunderland ran out 0-3 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against West Bromwich, who came out 1-0 winners. Sheffield Wednesday didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six Championship games at the Hillsborough. They have a record of two draws and four defeats, in which they conceded eight and scored two goals.

Huddersfield Form

In their last three matches, Huddersfield drew 1-1 with Coventry, drew 1-1 with Ipswich and lost 4-1 against Birmingham. Huddersfield, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn two and lost two in their last six away in the Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday find it just as tough as Huddersfield to get on the scoreboard these days, and a match short on goal looks highly likely, when they clash at Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday won zero points from their last one encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won zero, scored zero and let in three goals. Huddersfield claimed one wins from two goals scored and zero conceded from their past one matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them three points to their account. Sheffield Wednesday have a record of zero wins, two draws and eight defeats in the Championship this season. Huddersfield have a record of two wins, four draws and four defeats in the Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Squads

Sheffield Wednesday Squad

The 43-year-old Sheffield Wednesday manager, Xisco Munoz, will select the lineup against Huddersfield from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Championship this season):

Cameron Dawson (0/1), Devis Vasquez (0/9), Akin Famewo (0/9), Bambo Diaby (0/7), Callum Paterson (0/8), Ciaran Brennan (0/0), Dominic Iorfa (0/6), Josh Windass (0/7), Michael Ihiekwe (0/2), Pol Valentin (0/5), Reece James (0/2), Will Vaulks (0/4), Barry Bannan (1/7), Di'Shon Bernard (0/7), Djeidi Gassama (0/0), George Byers (0/8), Jeff Hendrick (0/0), John Buckley (0/0), Juan Delgado (1/10), Liam Palmer (0/7), Marvin Johnson (0/0), Mohamed Diaby (0/1), Tyreeq Bakinson (0/5), Anthony Musaba (1/8), Ashley Fletcher (0/10), Lee Gregory (1/9), Mallik Wilks (0/1), Michael Smith (1/7).

Huddersfield Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Huddersfield head coach Moore will select from for his starting XI:

Chris Maxwell (0/0), Jacob Chapman (0/0), Lee Nicholls (0/10), Ben Jackson (0/7), Loick Ayina (0/0), Matthew Pearson (1/10), Michal Helik (3/10), Oliver Turton (0/0), Rarmani Edmonds-Green (0/4), Thomas Edwards (0/5), Tom Lees (0/2), Yuta Nakayama (0/5), Ben Wiles (0/0), Brahima Diarra (0/7), David Kasumu (0/3), Jaheim Headley (0/6), Jonathan Hogg (0/8), Josh Austerfield (0/0), Kyle Hudlin (0/3), Danny Ward (0/5), Delano Burgzorg (2/8), Jack Rudoni (2/10), Josh Koroma (1/10), Josh Ruffels (0/9), Kian Harratt (0/9), Patrick Jones (0/3), Sorba Thomas (1/9).

Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Team News

At the time of writing, Sheffield Wednesday have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Huddersfield this coming Saturday.

Due to various ailments Josh Windass, Barry Bannan and Mohamed Diaby will be absent from the squad, Sheffield Wednesday are able to field against Huddersfield this coming Saturday.

Going to Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield have five players out of action for the match on Saturday.

Names like David Kasumu, Danny Ward, Jonathan Hogg, Loick Ayina and Oliver Turton most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Sheffield Wednesday.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield H2H

The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the previous outing between Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 9/4. Sheffield Wednesday seem to have a great read on Huddersfield, winning five times of the previous ten matches in the Championship. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 13/10.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Results

Both teams to score only came out three times in the previous ten games between Huddersfield and Sheffield Wednesday. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 5/6 with the bookies.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Anthony Musaba will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Huddersfield hope Michal Helik can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Championship goals in his last six Championship games.

Sheffield Wednesday didn't win a single one of their previous 10 games Hillsborough across all tournaments, but did at least manage to draw four along the way. They endured six defeats in this run. Huddersfield won five of their last 10 league games away, as well as drawing three and losing two. In their previous 10 away matches, Huddersfield claimed two wins to nil.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield. Under 2.5 goals came out eight times in these with Sheffield Wednesday managing an average of 1.4 goals, and Huddersfield 0.9 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sheffield Wednesday, who scored an average of 0.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Huddersfield played across all tournaments. They scored 1.2 times on average in the process.