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

Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley will play on Saturday, October 19th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in a Championship game to be held in England, check the Sheffield Wednesday vs Burnley betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sheffield Wednesday vs Burnley will occur

The game will be played in the Hillsborough Stadium stadium, in the city of Sheffield, with a capacity for 34835 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Sheffield Wednesday vs Burnley 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 2.51 goals per match played.

Sheffield Wednesday last match

Sheffield Wednesday is coming off a win. In its last outing they faced Coventry City in a match valid for Championship, and the match ended 1-2. The eleven coached by D. Röhl played in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

In this game we witnessed an incredible upset! The winning odds of 5.00 ensured the unexpected triumph of the Underdogs.

An eye-popping performance did not accompany the victory for Sheffield Wednesday. Despite this, the good appearances of Djeidi Gassama deserve mentioning. The athlete left the field as the main responsible for the positive result of the team.

Burnley 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 Championship, Burnley, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Preston North End team with a final score of 0-0.

A win in this match had high probabilities, that is why the draw (odd 3.50) can be considered as a bad result.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Burnley h2h

These teams played last against each other in a highly contested Championship game during the 2015/2016 season ending in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

S. Ledger and D. Eaton will be assisting the referee M. Salisbury in this football match.

Sheffield Wednesday

Championship leaderboard now

However, Sheffield Wednesday enters this game with 11 points and ranking in 15th place in the Championship, the team has a negative balance of 4 lost games, won 3, and drawing in 2.

The team, in the 10th round, ranks over the Bristol City team that is placed in position 16 with the same number of points. It also has the same score that the Plymouth Argyle team that is in the 14th place.

Sheffield Wednesday analysis

Sheffield Wednesday at the end of round 9 in Championship had 11 goals scored and 15 conceded.

It appears that Sheffield Wednesday is encountering difficulties in scoring goals, as evidenced by their low number of goals scored and the high number of games in which they have failed to score. This could imply that their attacking play is lacking in quality and they need to work on creating better chances.

The average number of shots toward the net of Sheffield Wednesday can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 4 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

his ball possession percentage is 45% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Burnley and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won once away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 2 wins against 1 loss, and 1 draw.

Best goalscorer from Sheffield Wednesday

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Barry Bannan. He has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Sheffield Wednesday come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Historical data Sheffield Wednesday

With 5 titles won in the tournament’s history the Sheffield Wednesday team is one of the leading names in the competition. The team's record can influence the final result of the match and it would not be the first time that the team have managed to surprise their opponents with a victory at a time where they are in poor form.

Burnley

Championship leaderboard now

The Burnley team with 18 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 5 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss.

Burnley analysis

Burnley shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 9 games has only conceded goals on 4 occasions, and has scored in 14.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Championship.

The Burnley team typically attempts to control the game by achieving an average ball possession of 55.67%. The reason for this is that teams with ball possession above 50% usually hold some control over their opponents.

Playing away Burnley usually leaves little room for opponents to win against them, with a balance of 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in the Championship.

Burnley is a more offensive team than Sheffield Wednesday, having 834 attacks vs. 768 from Sheffield Wednesday, having scored 14 times, in comparison, Sheffield Wednesday converted into goal 11 times.

Best goalscorer from Burnley

Josh Brownhill has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Burnley to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

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

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

In short, a much stronger team Burnley, better placed in the competition, that usually wins and doesn't concede goals, against an irregular Sheffield Wednesday that has difficulty converting and that comes from a sequence of balanced performances.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Both Teams To Score - No market are quoted at 1.83.

Burnley has conceded 2 away goals in 4 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Burnley will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 1-1, something to take into consideration.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Sheffield Wednesday 2 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Burnley 1.25 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 5.66 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

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 7.11 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

Sheffield Wednesday has an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game over the 9 rounds, while Burnley has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.89 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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