📊 Form Guide
Sheffield Wednesday DLLLLD ⚠
Sheffield Wednesday head into this game after a 0-0 Championship draw versus West Bromwich Albion.
In that game, Sheffield Wednesday managed 38% possession and 5 shots on goal with 2 on target. West Bromwich Albion had 13 shots on goal with 6 on target.
It’s been all too rare in recent times where Sheffield Wednesday have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals along the way. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend will be maintained in this upcoming match.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Sheffield Wednesday:
- have not been beaten in the league by Norwich City in their last 3 games.
- have not won at home in their last 8 matches in the league. Something needs to change.
Norwich City LLLLLL 🚑
After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Hull City in Championship action, Norwich City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Norwich City managed 60% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Hull City got 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Joe Gelhardt (49') and Darko Gyabi (87') scored for Hull City.
The strike force from Norwich City have suffered from a shortage of goals over their previous six encounters, netting the unsatisfactory return of just 2. In those fixtures, The Canaries have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 10.
Taking a look at their past results, Norwich City:
- have not registered a win against Sheffield Wednesday in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
- are without a win away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
A glance at their past head to head clashes dating back to 05/12/2020 tells us that Sheffield Wednesday have won 2 of these & Norwich City 3, with the number of draws being 1.
A combined sum of 21 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 10 of them from The Owls and 11 coming from The Canaries. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Championship match day 37 on 11/03/2025 when the final score was Norwich City 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday.
That day, Norwich City managed 53% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Goals were scored by Sainz (16') and Ante Crnac (35').
Sheffield Wednesday had 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Michael Ihiekwe (64'), Josh Windass (72') and Djeidi Gassama (76') scored.
The match was refereed by Ben Speedie.
📰 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday
The Sheffield Wednesday boss Henrik Pedersen will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match owing to a completely healthy squad available to choose from.
It looks as if The Owls should make use of the 3-5-2 system, utilising Ethan Horvath, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Max Lowe, Sean Fusire, Yan Valery, Barry Bannan, Svante Ingelsson, Harry Amass, Jamal Lowe and Bailey Cadamarteri.
🗞️ Team News: Norwich City
Owing to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Norwich City manager Liam Manning has zero fitness worries to report before this clash.
There’s a good chance that The Canaries could decide to begin the game with a 3-4-3 lineup by sending out Vladan Kovacevic, Shane Duffy, Harry Darling, Ruairi McConville, Kellen Fisher, Jacob Wright, Kenny McLean, Jeffrey Schlupp, Jovon Makama, Josh Sargent and Oscar Schwartau.
💡 Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Sheffield Wednesday may well find it hard to register a score against this Norwich City outfit who we reckon will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Norwich City at the conclusion of the game.
Let’s see what happens.
Renata Leite, 19:05 05/11/2025