Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th September 2023

Sheffield Wednesday take on visitors Sunderland at Hillsborough in a Championship tie on Friday.

Sheffield Wednesday are number 24 in the table on two points after eight matches. Sunderland rank as number five with 13 points after eight matches played.

The atmosphere at Sheffield Wednesday must be close to dreadful, as they have 4 defeats from their last 6 matches across all tournaments. An improved performance, paired with a bit of luck, is needed in their next game to turn the situation around.

Sheffield Wednesday scored eight times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.8 goals a game. They conceded 17 and managed two clean sheets.

Sunderland head into this match on 1.7 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored an acceptable total of 17, while also conceding 11 goals. This amounts to 1.1 on average per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

It was an enormously entertaining 1-3 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well this coming Friday.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland Prediction

Sheffield Wednesday Form

A draw is the best Sheffield Wednesday can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 0-1 defeat against Ipswich. A1-1 draw with Middlesbrough followed before they were defeated 3-0 by Swansea. In their last six Championship matches at home, Sheffield Wednesday have one win, while they've drawn two and lost three.

Sunderland Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Sunderland. They first took out Queens P.R. by 1-3 before downing Blackburn by 1-3. The winning streak came to an end against Cardiff, who ran out 0-1 winners. Sunderland won three of a possible six away matches in the Championship, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten while also conceding six times.

With the results that Sunderland have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday fought their way to zero wins and one point from their last four games against teams inside the top six. They were on target twice in these matches, but also let in six goals. Sunderland won two of their previous two encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Championship. They scored five and conceded two goals and collected six points. Sheffield Wednesday are looking at a record of zero wins, two draws and six defeats in the Championship this season. Sunderland have a record of four wins, one draw and three defeats in the Championship.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland Squads

Sheffield Wednesday Squad

The 43-year-old Munoz will select the starting eleven against Sunderland from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Cameron Dawson (0/1), Devis Vasquez (0/7), Akin Famewo (0/7), Bambo Diaby (0/6), Callum Paterson (0/7), Ciaran Brennan (0/0), Dominic Iorfa (0/5), Josh Windass (0/7), Michael Ihiekwe (0/2), Pol Valentin (0/3), Reece James (0/2), Will Vaulks (0/3), Barry Bannan (1/7), Di'Shon Bernard (0/5), Djeidi Gassama (0/0), George Byers (0/7), Jeff Hendrick (0/0), John Buckley (0/0), Juan Delgado (1/8), Liam Palmer (0/5), Marvin Johnson (0/0), Mohamed Diaby (0/1), Tyreeq Bakinson (0/4), Anthony Musaba (1/6), Ashley Fletcher (0/8), Lee Gregory (1/8), Mallik Wilks (0/0), Michael Smith (1/6).

Sunderland Squad

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

Anthony Patterson (0/8), Nathan Bishop (0/0), Ajibola Alese (0/0), Daniel Ballard (1/8), Dennis Cirkin (0/5), Jenson Seelt (0/0), Mason Burstow (0/0), Nectarios Triantis (0/0), Pierre Ekwah (2/6), Timothee Pembele (0/0), Trai Hume (0/8), Adil Aouchiche (0/0), Alex Pritchard (0/8), Bradley Dack (1/4), Chris Rigg (1/1), Corry Evans (0/0), Daniel Neil (2/8), Ellis Taylor (0/0), Jay Matete (0/0), Jobe Bellingham (2/8), Luke O'Nien (0/8), Patrick Roberts (0/6), Abdoullah Ba (1/7), Eliezer Mayenda (0/0), Jack Clarke (5/8), Jack Diamond (0/0), Jewison Bennette (0/1), Luis Semedo (0/7), Nazariy Rusyn (0/0), Niall Huggins (0/5).

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland Team News

Sheffield Wednesday seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Friday.

Due to various ailments Mohamed Diaby and Mallik Wilks will be absent from the squad, Sheffield Wednesday are able to field against Sunderland this coming Friday.

Worst-case scenario, Sunderland have a total of six players out for their next match.

Names like Bradley Dack, Dennis Cirkin, Pierre Ekwah, Jay Matete, Ajibola Alese and Corry Evans most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Sheffield Wednesday.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Sheffield Wednesday came away with a 1-3 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Hillsborough, but face stern opposition, of course. Sunderland look back on two wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Sheffield Wednesday. The home side has a 25% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 1-1-2. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland Results

In the previous four matches between Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland, both teams found the back of the net three times.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland Betting Tips

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. Sunderland hope Jack Clarke can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four Championship goals in his last six Championship games.

One win on home soil from a possible 10 is what Sheffield Wednesday can look back upon, while they drew four and lost five at Hillsborough. Sunderland won seven of their last 10 away games, drawing one and losing two in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Sheffield Wednesday on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened nine times for Sunderland in their last 10 league games away from home.

In the last four encounters between Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland over 2.5 goals came out two times, as Sheffield Wednesday averaged 1.5 goals a game. Sunderland scored an average of 1.75 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Sheffield Wednesday’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. In the previous ten matches for Sunderland, betting on over 2.5 goals turned out to be a winning bet in seven of them. On average, Sunderland scored 1.8 times goals per game.