📊 Form Guide
Southampton DDLLLW
Southampton will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-2 Championship triumph vs Queens Park Rangers.
In that match, Southampton managed 39% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Southampton, the goals were scored by Jay Robinson (55') and Léo Scienza (69'). Queens Park Rangers got 20 shots at goal with 5 on target. Rumarn Burrell (73') scored for Queens Park Rangers.
It’s not been often in recent games where Southampton have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Southampton have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals along the way.
Their previous form shows that Southampton:
- are unbeaten in the league by Sheffield Wednesday in their previous 4 matches.
- are without a win at home for the past 5 league games. Their fans aren't happy.
Sheffield Wednesday LLLLDD 📉
Previously, Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Norwich City.
In that game, Sheffield Wednesday had 46% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Sheffield Wednesday was Barry Bannan (4'). For their opponents, Norwich City had 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Mathias Kvistgaarden (61') scored for Norwich City.
The forward players for Sheffield Wednesday have suffered from a shortage of goals over their last 6 games, recording the disappointing return of only 3. In those matches, The Owls have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 10. While that may be of interest, time will tell whether such a trend will be maintained here in this game or not.
Leading up to this clash, Sheffield Wednesday:
- have not emerged victorious against Southampton in games played away from home for the previous 8 matches in the league. Not an away record to be proud of.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 25/09/2010 tells us that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Sheffield Wednesday. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all while Southampton have just been too good for them, getting wins in 83% of those match-ups.
A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 from The Saints and 2 coming from The Owls. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
The last league game featuring these clubs was Championship match day 27 on 13/01/2024 and the score finished Southampton 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday.
On that occasion, Southampton had 70% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. The goals were scored by Ché Adams (35'), Adam Armstrong (63'), Ryan Fraser (75') and Sékou Mara (85').
For their opponents, Sheffield Wednesday had 6 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.
The referee was Lewis Smith.
🗞️ Team News: Southampton
The Southampton boss Tonda Eckert has no fitness worries at all before this match thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.
It looks as if The Saints will probably employ a 3-4-3 formation in the match, utilising Gavin Bazunu, Jack Stephens, Nathan Wood, T. Harwood-Bellis, Tom Fellows, Caspar Jander, Flynn Downes, Ryan Manning, Finn Azaz, Adam Armstrong and Jay Robinson.
ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday
Owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection, the Sheffield Wednesday boss Henrik Pedersen doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.
We’re of the thinking that The Owls will likely begin the game with a 3-5-2 system, starting Ethan Horvath, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Max Lowe, Sean Fusire, Yan Valery, Barry Bannan, Svante Ingelsson, Harry Amass, Jamal Lowe and Bailey Cadamarteri.
🧠 Prediction
Our feeling is that Sheffield Wednesday would be disappointed if they were not to find the back of the net against this Southampton lineup, although it realistically won’t be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Southampton after 90 minutes. It really should be an interesting one.