Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th August 2025

Sheffield Wednesday hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites on Saturday when they welcome Stoke over to the Hillsborough for a round 2 match.

Sheffield Wednesday will be hopeful of getting on the board after an unlucky opening game to the new Championship campaign which left them empty-handed.

Sheffield Wednesday will be hopeful of getting on the board after an unlucky opening game to the new Championship campaign which left them empty-handed.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Saturday as both Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

Sheffield Wednesday have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 13 goals, or 1.3 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.

Stoke scored 11 goals, conceded 13 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Sheffield Wednesday lost to 2-0 Stoke in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-0 win, which Sheffield Wednesday dished out the match before that.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Prediction

Sheffield Wednesday Form

Sheffield Wednesday have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Watford, they recorded a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Leicester, who ran out 2-1 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 3-3 match with Bolton. 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 four and conceded seven goals.

Stoke Form

In their last three matches, Stoke drew 0-0 with Derby, beat Derby 3-1 before a 0-0 draw with Walsall. Stoke managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Championship. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring 11 time and letting in four.

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

Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Squads

Sheffield Wednesday Squad

Henrik Pedersen will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Stoke from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Logan Stretch (0/0), Pierce Charles (0/1), Barry Bannan (0/1), Di'Shon Bernard (0/0), Dominic Iorfa (0/1), Gabriel Otegbayo (0/1), Liam Palmer (0/1), Max Lowe (0/1), Reece Johnson (0/0), Yan Valery (0/1), Jamal Lowe (0/1), Jarvis Thornton (0/0), Nathaniel Chalobah (1/1), Sean Fusire (0/1), Svante Ingelsson (0/1), Bailey Cadamarteri (0/1), Bruno Fernandes (0/0), Charlie McNeill (0/1), Ike Ugbo (0/1), Olaf Kobacki (0/1).

Stoke Squad

Here is the full team squad of Stoke. The 55 year-old Mark Robins will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Frank Fielding (0/0), Jack Bonham (0/0), Viktor Johansson (0/1), Aaron Cresswell (0/1), Ashley Phillips (0/1), Ben Gibson (0/0), Ben Wilmot (0/1), Eric Bocat (0/0), Junior Tchamadeu (0/1), Maksym Talovierov (0/0), Andre Vidigal (0/0), Ben Pearson (0/1), Bosun Lawal (0/1), Joon-Ho Bae (0/1), Lewis Baker (1/1), Sorba Thomas (1/1), Steven Nzonzi (0/0), Tatsuki Seko (0/1), Divin Mubama (1/1), Jamie Donley (0/1), Million Manhoef (0/1), Robert Bozenik (0/1), Ryan Mmaee (0/0), Sam Gallagher (0/0), Thibaud Verlinden (0/0).

Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Team News

Sheffield Wednesday are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Stoke. Barry Bannan gets a day off from the Sheffield Wednesday squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke H2H

Sheffield Wednesday took a hit when Stoke handed them a 2-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 2-0 win. The previous ten matches were equally split between these two sides. Sheffield Wednesday won three and Stoke won three matches. However, Stoke did manage a 2-0 win last time out, and the bookies best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 9/10.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Results

Recent meetings between Sheffield Wednesday and visiting side Stoke 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 4/5 with the bookies.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke Betting Tips

Despite scoring just once in six Championship games, Sheffield Wednesday hope Nathaniel Chalobah adds to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Stoke put their faith in Lewis Baker to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six Championship games.

Sheffield Wednesday won only once in their last 10 outings at Hillsborough, but they drew four and lost five in this run. Stoke won three, drew two and lost five of their last 10 games away from home. Goals are flowing freely for Sheffield Wednesday on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target five times in Stoke''s last 10 league games away from home.

Under 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten encounters between Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke as both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times. Sheffield Wednesday managed an average of 0.9 goals, with Stoke averaging 0.9 goals in these. Sheffield Wednesday saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Stoke's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.