Sheff. Utd. face a trip to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 61 games played, The Blades have recorded 18 wins, and Sheff. Wed. have come away with 27 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2008, the The Owls carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2009/2010 | Fri 18 Sep | Sheff. Utd. | 3 - 2 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sat 07 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 2 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
2008/2009 | Sun 19 Oct | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
2007/2008 | Tue 08 Apr | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 2 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Sat 18 Feb | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.
The away form of Sheff. Utd. is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. The Blades have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Sheff. Wed. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 45 points from their 43 games thus far. Sheff. Utd.'s 58 points from 43 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Sheff. Utd. on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Sheff. Wed.. No-score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Sheff. Wed. | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
Sheff. Utd. | Not won in previous 10 away matches. |