Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd August 2024

Round 3 of the new Championship campaign will see Sheffield Wednesday play host to last season’s top 3 finishers Leeds this coming Friday.

Placed nineth in the table Sheffield Wednesday have amassed three points after two matches. On two points, Leeds rank 16th with two matches played this season.

Sheffield Wednesday enter this round three of the Championship with three points in the bag, and they will be hoping to double that in the coming match.

Nobody likes to be on the losing side, especially so early into a new season. Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds are no exception in this respect. Both teams are eager to improve from last term, leading us to expect an exciting affair at Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday step into their next home match this coming Friday having scored a nice average of 1.8 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 18 goals, while also allowing 11 goals against. That is an average of 1.1 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet four times in those matches.

Leeds scored 12 goals, conceded 14 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The last time the pair played each other Leeds came away as 0-2 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind on Friday.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Prediction

Sheffield Wednesday Form

Sheffield Wednesday hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Plymouth by 4-0, before winning 1-2 against Hull. The streak ended in a recent 4-0 defeat against Sunderland. Sheffield Wednesday only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Championship matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew three and lost one, as they scored 11 and conceded six goals.

Anything lower than at least a second place finish would probably be considered a disappointment for Leeds, as they look to build a title challenge.

Leeds Form

In their last three matches, Leeds drew 3-3 with Portsmouth, lost 0-3 against Middlesbrough, and drew 0-0 with West Bromwich. Leeds only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Championship. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by 11 goals to seven.

A runners-up spot is the absolute minimum Leeds should achieve for a season in which a tilt at league glory is their top priority.

Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday always seem to tread carefully, when taking on each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals the call on Friday.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Squads

Sheffield Wednesday Squad

Roehl will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Leeds from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Ben Hamer (0/0), James Beadle (0/2), Pierce Charles (0/0), Akin Famewo (0/0), Bambo Diaby (0/0), Di'Shon Bernard (0/2), Dominic Iorfa (0/2), Liam Palmer (0/2), Max Lowe (0/2), Michael Ihiekwe (0/0), Pol Valentin (0/2), Yan Valery (0/2), Barry Bannan (0/2), Djeidi Gassama (0/2), Josh Windass (1/2), Marvin Johnson (0/2), Nathaniel Chalobah (0/0), Olaf Kobacki (0/1), Svante Ingelsson (0/2), Anthony Musaba (0/2), Bailey Cadamarteri (0/0), Callum Paterson (0/0), Charlie McNeill (0/0), Ike Ugbo (0/1), Jamal Lowe (1/2), Michael Smith (1/2).

Leeds Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Leeds players that the manager Daniel Farke will choose from for the upcoming game:

Alex Cairns (0/0), Illan Meslier (0/2), Karl Darlow (0/0), Ethan Ampadu (0/2), Jayden Bogle (0/2), Joe Rodon (0/2), Junior Firpo (0/2), Liam Cooper (0/0), Maximilian Woeber (0/0), Pascal Struijk (1/2), Sam Byram (0/0), Brenden Aaronson (1/2), Daniel James (0/2), Ilia Gruev (0/2), Joe Rothwell (0/2), Joe Gelhardt (0/0), Joel Piroe (0/2), Lee Erwin (0/0), Mateo Joseph (0/2), Patrick Bamford (0/2), Wilfried Gnonto (1/2).

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Team News

Sheffield Wednesday might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Leeds. There is no need for Barry Bannan to show up in the Sheffield Wednesday dressing room, as he is suspended.

Josh Windass and Callum Paterson are missing from the squad, Sheffield Wednesday will field against Leedsthis coming Friday.

Leeds seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday.

Pascal Struijk is too injured to face Leeds.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Leeds came away as 0-2 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Friday. Despite a 2-0 win to Leeds in their recent match, the last ten encounters have seen the two teams equally paired with Sheffield Wednesday winning three and Leeds taking four wins. The bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 4/5.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Results

Recent meetings between Sheffield Wednesday and visiting side Leeds might have been action-packed, but not rich on goals. Backing under 2.5 goals was a winning bet no less than eight times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/1 with the bookies.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds Betting Tips

As the new Championship campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Sheffield Wednesday claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Leeds won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing four and losing three in this series of matches. Sheffield Wednesday kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Leeds have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten encounters between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds as both teams not to score was a winning bet eight times. Sheffield Wednesday managed an average of 0.8 goals, with Leeds averaging 0.8 goals in these. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sheffield Wednesday, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Leeds, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.3 times goals per game.