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Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Sunderland are away on Friday night, as manager Régis Le Bris takes his team to visit Sheffield Wednesday and Danny Röhl at the Hillsborough in the Championship. Championship stats are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. It's all on this page, with data visualisations and the best odds available for every betting markets via the tabs.

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Sheffield Wednesday's next match is v Sheff Utd at 12:30 on Sunday 16th March
Sunderland's next match is v Coventry at 15:00 on Saturday 15th March
The last English Championship meeting between Sheff Wed and Sunderland was on Friday 28th February 2025
English Championship
February 28th 2025
Sheff Wed 1
2 Sunderland
 
C. Paterson 48'34' E. Mayenda Dossou
71' E. Mayenda Dossou
 
SHW
SUN
Shots On
4
4
Shots Off
3
2
Corners
5
9
Possession
58%
42%
Fouls
10
13
Yellow/red cards
1/0
1/0
 
Sheff WedSunderland
 
J. Beadle
M. Lowe (L. Palmer 42')
R. Hatsuse (M. Johnson 85')
M. Ihiekwe
P. Valentín Sancho
B. Bannan
J. Windass (J. Lowe 84')
S. Ingelsson (I. Cissoko 85')
S. Charles
D. Gassama
C. Patersonfootball icon (I. Ugbo 58')
A. Patterson
L. Hjelde
T. Hume
C. Mepham
L. O'Nien
(C. Rigg 86') P. Roberts
(W. Isidor 73') A. Browne
J. Bellingham
D. Neil
(D. Cirkin 86') R. Mundle
(H. Jones 90') football iconfootball iconE. Mayenda Dossou

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

This match should deliver some entertainment, but don't count on a deluge of goals. Under 3.5 goals is what we're predicting, meaning no more than 3 goals will be scored in total during 90 mins. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Sheff Wed are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.88.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sheff Wed
39%
13/8
19%
7/4
5%
Draw
27%
11/5
3%
11/5
3%
Sunderland
34%
17/10
23%
13/8
7%
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1
8%
5/1
Sheff Wed 1-0
11%
7/1
27%
13/2
6%
Sunderland 1-0
10%
7/1
6%
13/2
7%
Sheff Wed 2-1
8%
9/1
17%
8/1
5%
Draw 0-0
8%
8/1
18%
13/2
6%
Sunderland 2-1
8%
9/1
11%
8/1
6%
Sheff Wed 2-0
7%
11/1
29%
10/1
8%
Sunderland 2-0
6%
12/1
18%
10/1
10%
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
15%
11/1
Sheff Wed 3-1
4%
22/1
12%
16/1
11%
Sheff Wed 3-0
3%
25/1
24%
20/1
9%
Sunderland 3-1
3%
22/1
35%
16/1
13%
Sunderland 3-0
2%
25/1
24%
18/1
Sheff Wed 3-2
2%
33/122/1
Sunderland 3-2
2%
33/1
31%
22/1
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
11/10
10%
21/20
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
8/11
9%
7/10
2%
Home 1st Goal
49%
10/11
17%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/10
21%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
8/1
18%
-
BTTS - Yes
51%
5/6
10%
5/6
BTTS - No
49%
5/6
13%
10/11
BTTS - Home Win
17%
9/2
8%
17/4
5%
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
4%
10/3
BTTS - Away Win
15%
9/2
27%
4/1
4%
Home/draw
66%
4/9
14%
10/21
3%
Away/draw
61%
4/9
8%
4/9
3%
Home/away
73%
4/11
2%
1/3
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
4/11
5%
7/20
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
11/5
15%
2/1
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
3/1
25%
13/5
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
1/4
8%
1/4
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
7/1
33%
6/1
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/12
4%
1/12
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
16/1
31%
12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/40
2%
1/50
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/14
2%
1/14
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
8/1
18%
13/2
6%
Home DNB
58%
5/6
19%
10/11
5%
Away DNB
53%
5/6
17%
4/5
6%
Sheff Wed win to nil
22%
10/3
28%
-
Sunderland win to nil
19%
10/3
8%
-
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed
18%
10/3
13%
10/3
4%
Sheff Wed / Sunderland
3%
28/1
26%
22/1
10%
Sheff Wed / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Sheff Wed
13%
5/1
14%
5/1
8%
Draw / Sunderland
14%
5/1
9%
19/4
5%
Draw / Draw
17%
15/4
14%
17/5
4%
Sunderland / Sheff Wed
3%
28/122/1
Sunderland / Sunderland
19%
7/2
25%
16/5
11%
Sunderland / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Wed have played 34 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Sheff Wed have conceded 40 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sheff Wed have played 17 games at home, winning 5, drawing 7 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Sunderland lay in 4th place on 62 points in the Championship league table having played 34 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below them in the table, winning 15, drawing 9 and losing 4 games. They have scored 44 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sunderland have conceded 25 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Sunderland have played 17 away games, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Wed
Sunderland
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd3724762477 
Mar 16
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
2
Leeds36221044976 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1F
3
Burnley37201523975 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
4
Sunderland Away37191262169 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
-
-
5
West Brom37131771456 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
6
Coventry3716813456 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
Mar 15
7
Bristol C3713159754 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
8
M'Boro3715814953 
Apr 21
d
 
3-3A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3A
9
Blackburn3615714452 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 8
Apr 21
d
 
2-2A
10
Sheff Wed Home3714914-551 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
11
Norwich37121312749 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
2-3A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 8
12
Watford3614715-449 
l
 
2-6A
May 3
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
13
Millwall36121212-148 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
Mar 29
d
 
1-1F
14
QPR37111115-644 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
May 3
d
 
0-00-0
15
Preston3791711-644 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
16
Swansea3612816-844 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Apr 12
w
 
2-3A
17
Portsmouth3611916-1342 
Apr 26
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
18
Oxford Utd3691215-1639 
Apr 12
w
 
1-3A
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
19
Hull3691017-937 
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
20
Stoke3681216-1436 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
21
Cardiff3781217-2136 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 29
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
22
Derby379820-1235 
w
 
4-2F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
23
Luton379721-2634 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
24
Plymouth3661218-3730 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sheff Wed 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed1 - 2Coventry
Sheff Wed1 - 1Luton
Sheff Wed2 - 2Bristol C
Sheff Wed2 - 2Millwall
Sheff Wed4 - 2Derby
Sheff Wed2 - 0Stoke
Sheff Wed0 - 1Blackburn
Sheff Wed1 - 1Preston
Sheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
Sheff Wed2 - 0Norwich
Sheff Wed2 - 6Watford
Sheff Wed0 - 0Swansea
Sheff Wed0 - 2Burnley
Sheff Wed3 - 2West Brom
Sheff Wed1 - 1QPR
Sheff Wed0 - 2Leeds
Sheff Wed4 - 0Plymouth
Sheff Wed3 - 0West Brom
Sheff Wed1 - 1Stoke
Sheff Wed2 - 2Norwich
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASheff Wed0 - 4Burnley
HSheff Wed1 - 2Coventry
ASheff Wed1 - 0Swansea
ASheff Wed1 - 2West Brom
HSheff Wed1 - 1Luton
ASheff Wed2 - 0QPR
HSheff Wed2 - 2Bristol C
ASheff Wed0 - 3Leeds
HSheff Wed2 - 2Millwall
HSheff Wed4 - 2Derby
ASheff Wed1 - 3Preston
ASheff Wed3 - 3M'Boro
HSheff Wed2 - 0Stoke
ASheff Wed3 - 1Oxford Utd
HSheff Wed0 - 1Blackburn
HSheff Wed1 - 1Preston
ASheff Wed2 - 1Derby
ASheff Wed2 - 0Hull
HSheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
ASheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
Sunderland 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leeds2 - 1Sunderland
M'Boro2 - 3Sunderland
Derby0 - 1Sunderland
Burnley0 - 0Sunderland
Stoke1 - 0Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 2Sunderland
Swansea2 - 3Sunderland
Sheff Utd1 - 0Sunderland
Millwall1 - 1Sunderland
Preston0 - 0Sunderland
QPR0 - 0Sunderland
Luton1 - 2Sunderland
Hull0 - 1Sunderland
Watford2 - 1Sunderland
Plymouth3 - 2Sunderland
Portsmouth1 - 3Sunderland
Cardiff0 - 2Sunderland
Watford1 - 0Sunderland
West Brom0 - 1Sunderland
Leeds0 - 0Sunderland
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSunderland0 - 1Hull
ASunderland1 - 2Leeds
HSunderland2 - 0Luton
HSunderland2 - 2Watford
ASunderland3 - 2M'Boro
HSunderland2 - 2Plymouth
ASunderland1 - 0Derby
ASunderland0 - 0Burnley
HSunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
HSunderland2 - 1Sheff Utd
ASunderland0 - 1Stoke
ASunderland2 - 2Blackburn
HSunderland2 - 1Norwich
ASunderland3 - 2Swansea
HSunderland1 - 1Bristol C
HSunderland2 - 1Stoke
ASunderland0 - 1Sheff Utd
HSunderland0 - 0West Brom
ASunderland1 - 1Millwall
HSunderland2 - 2Coventry
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sheff Wed since 1997
Sheff Wed
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
9
12
Games: Scored
5 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
2 / 7
SHW
2
D
2
SUN
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
0 - 3Sunderland
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Wed3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 4Sunderland
0 - 2Sunderland
Sheff Wed2 - 1
League games at Sunderland since 1996
Sunderland
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
14
6
Games: Scored
7 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
1 / 8
SHW
2
D
1
SUN
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
Sunderland4 - 0
0 - 2Sheff Wed
Sunderland1 - 0
Sunderland5 - 0
1 - 3Sheff Wed
Sunderland1 - 0
Sunderland1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Sheffield Wednesday of late. It has been 5 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Friday night against Sunderland.

Sheff Wed 10th Sunderland 4th
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1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Sheff Wed will score no more than 1 goal
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Sunderland will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+11
Sheff Wed have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted
-6
Sunderland’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Sheff Wed
PG (predicted goals)
Sunderland
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
SHW
SUN
16%
better
view stats
Games scored24
27
Failed to score10
7
Scored first12
19
Goals scored46
50
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.5
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
SHW
SUN
34%
better
view stats
Games conceded26
20
Clean sheets8
14
Conceded first20
11
Goals conceded54
31
Avg. goals conceded1.6
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
8
Conversion rate against19%
13%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+34%

Sheff Wed v Sunderland Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3711510
J BeadleJ WindassS CharlesS Charles
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Beadle GLK37
1
-
P Valentín DEF281
4
-
M Ihiekwe DEF151
2
-
M Lowe DEF33
3
-
R Hatsuse DEF3
1
-
S Charles MID3415
10
-
S Ingelsson MID2614
2
-
D Gassama MID3461
4
-
B Bannan MID3444
5
-
J Windass MID35115
6
-
C Paterson FWD1851
-
Subs
P Charles GLK
-
L Palmer DEF20
3
-
D Iorfa DEF1811
2
-
N Chalobah MID11
3
-
M Johnson MID323
2
-
J Lowe FWD2332
2
-
I Ugbo FWD31
1
-
I Cissoko FWD4
1
-
O Kobacki FWD10
1
-
Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3612610
D NeilW IsidorT HumeJ Bellingham
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Patterson GLK33
2
-
T Hume DEF3616
9
-
C Mepham DEF291
7
1
L O'Nien DEF3631
8
-
L Hjelde DEF101
1
-
A Browne MID141
-
D Neil MID3623
2
1
P Roberts MID3626
8
-
J Bellingham MID3344
9
1
R Mundle MID1953
1
-
E Mayenda FWD2985
1
-
Subs
S Moore GLK4
1
-
D Cirkin DEF3332
8
-
J Seelt DEF
-
C Rigg MID3342
6
-
S Samed MID6
-
H. Jones MID1
-
M. Aleksić FWD4
1
-
T. Ogunsugi FWD
-
W Isidor FWD34122
9
-