Leeds United vs Sheffield Wednesday betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on January 19th, 2025

Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday are scheduled to play against each other on January 19th, 2025, Sunday at 12:00h (UTC), in a Championship match to be held in England, check the Leeds United vs Sheffield Wednesday betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Leeds United vs Sheffield Wednesday will occur

The game is set to be played in the great Elland Road stadium, in the city of Leeds, with a capacity for 40242 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Leeds United vs Sheffield Wednesday betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.48 goals per match played.

Leeds United last match

In the last match played, Leeds United met Harrogate Town, in a match valid for the FA Cup. The match ended in a win by 1-0. The coach D. Farke's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.14.

Sheffield Wednesday last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for FA Cup, Sheffield Wednesday, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Coventry City team with a final score of 1-1.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.50.

Leeds United vs Sheffield Wednesday h2h

Sheffield Wednesday was in 9th place in the Championship while Leeds United was in 16th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Sheffield Wednesday team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Leeds United used in the match.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Championship. The meeting took place on 23-08-2024 and ended with a 0-2 win for Leeds United.

R. Smith and N. Lugg will be assisting the referee D. Webb in this football match.

Leeds United

Championship leaderboard now

The Leeds United team with 53 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 15 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses.

Which means that the team has an advantage of 1 point, in the 27th round, with the Burnley team in hot pursuit at 2nd place.

Leeds United analysis

At the end of round 26 in Championship, Leeds United scored 48 goals and conceded 19 goals.

To control the game, the Leeds United team would often try to reach an average ball possession of 62.92%. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% would give teams some control over their opponents.

The team proves to be better playing in their own base, having 10 wins versus 1 loss, and 2 draws. They won 5 games playing as the visiting team.

While Sheffield Wednesday has only managed to convert 38 of their 2199 attacks into goals, Leeds United has been much more successful with 3035 attacks and 48 goals.

Best goalscorer from Leeds United

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Joel Piroe. The Attacker has already scored 10 times this season and has helped Leeds United come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Sheffield Wednesday

Championship leaderboard now

Sheffield Wednesday arrives in this game with 37 points, and in 10th place in the Championship, having won 10 games in total and lost 9 times, making a total of 7 draws.

The team has the same number of points that the Bristol City who holds the 9th place in the 27th round.

Sheffield Wednesday analysis

After 26 rounds, Sheffield Wednesday has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 40 goals so far and scored 38 times.

Sheffield Wednesday has been inconsistent in their recent matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 1. They need to find more consistency in their performances if they want to challenge for the top positions in the league.

Best goalscorer from Sheffield Wednesday

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Josh Windass. With 10 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Sheffield Wednesday team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Historical data: Sheffield Wednesday

The Sheffield Wednesday team is one of the leading names in the sport, with 5 titles won in the history of the tournament. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress its opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Leeds United is Joel Piroe, who has already scored 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Sheffield Wednesday is Josh Windass, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 6.92 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Sheffield Wednesday is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.73 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sheffield Wednesday in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.27 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

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