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

Sat 28th Feb, 15:00 BST, Hillsborough, Sheffield

Sheffield Wednesday and their manager Henrik Pedersen will be aiming to beat William Still and his Southampton side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Hillsborough in the Championship. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, statistics for every betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. The best odds are included as well.


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Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Sheff Wed
25%
--
Draw
23%
--
Southampton
51%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Southampton 2-1
10%
--
Southampton 1-0
9%
--
Southampton 2-0
8%
--
Sheff Wed 2-1
6%
--
Sheff Wed 1-0
6%
--
Southampton 3-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Southampton 3-0
5%
--
Sheff Wed 2-0
4%
--
Southampton 3-2
3%
--
Southampton 4-1
3%
--
Sheff Wed 3-1
3%
--
Sheff Wed 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Home 1st Goal
44%
--
Away 1st Goal
53%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
26%
--
Home/draw
49%
--
Away/draw
75%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
35%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
65%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
42%
--
Away DNB
68%
--
Sheff Wed win to nil
12%
--
Southampton win to nil
25%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Wed have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league. Sheff Wed are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 11 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 23 games, drawn 8 and won 1. Sheff Wed have conceded 64 goals, scored 19, failed to score in 18 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sheff Wed have played 17 games at home, winning 0, drawing 4 and losing 13 fixtures. They have scored 8 goals, conceded 35 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 11 times in home league games.

Southampton lay in 10th place on 46 points in the Championship league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 37 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Southampton have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Southampton have played 17 away games, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Wed
Southampton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry3218863062 
l
 
0-5A
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
2
M'Boro3218771761 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 21
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-0A
3
Millwall321688456 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-2F
4
Ipswich3015962254 
Mar 14
l
 
3-1A
Apr 3
d
 
1-1A
5
Hull311669754 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 21
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
6
Derby3213910848 
l
 
0-3A
Mar 7
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
7
Preston3212128448 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
May 2
8
Wrexham3112118547 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
9
Bristol C3113711546 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-0A
Apr 21
l
 
3-1F
10
Southampton32121010446 
Feb 28
l
 
3-1A
-
-
11
Birmingham32121010446 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
12
Watford3211129345 
Mar 10
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
13
QPR3212812-344 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
Feb 24
w
 
1-2F
14
Stoke3212713543 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 3
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
15
Sheff Utd3213316042 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 22
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
16
Swansea3212614-142 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
17
Norwich3211615039 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 25
Mar 7
l
 
2-1A
18
Charlton3110912-839 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
Feb 21
w
 
1-5F
19
Blackburn329815-1135 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
Apr 25
l
 
2-1F
20
West Brom329716-1534 
May 2
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-2F
Mar 11
21
Portsmouth308913-1233 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
22
Leicester3210814-732 
Apr 6
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
3-4A
23
Oxford Utd3261016-1628 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 25
Mar 21
l
 
2-1A
24
Sheff Wed321823-45-7 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
Feb 28
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sheff Wed 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
1
Draw
5
Lost
14
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed1 - 2Millwall
Sheff Wed0 - 1Wrexham
Sheff Wed0 - 2Birmingham
Sheff Wed0 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed0 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Wed2 - 2Hull
Sheff Wed0 - 3Derby
Sheff Wed2 - 3Preston
Sheff Wed0 - 3Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed1 - 1Norwich
Sheff Wed1 - 2Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
Sheff Wed1 - 1QPR
Sheff Wed0 - 3Bristol C
Sheff Wed0 - 2Swansea
Sheff Wed0 - 3Stoke
Sheff Wed1 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed2 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Wed0 - 1Oxford Utd
Goals: Scored
9
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
7 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
13 / 20
Draw
5
Lost
15
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Wed1 - 2Millwall
ASheff Wed0 - 4Swansea
ASheff Wed0 - 1Blackburn
HSheff Wed0 - 1Wrexham
ASheff Wed0 - 2Bristol C
HSheff Wed0 - 2Birmingham
HSheff Wed0 - 1Portsmouth
ASheff Wed0 - 3QPR
ASheff Wed0 - 3Preston
HSheff Wed0 - 0Blackburn
HSheff Wed2 - 2Hull
ASheff Wed1 - 3Ipswich
HSheff Wed0 - 3Derby
ASheff Wed1 - 1Watford
HSheff Wed2 - 3Preston
ASheff Wed0 - 1Millwall
HSheff Wed0 - 3Sheff Utd
ASheff Wed1 - 3Southampton
HSheff Wed1 - 1Norwich
ASheff Wed0 - 0West Brom
Southampton 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leicester3 - 4Southampton
Stoke0 - 2Southampton
Portsmouth1 - 1Southampton
M'Boro4 - 0Southampton
Birmingham1 - 1Southampton
Oxford Utd2 - 1Southampton
Norwich2 - 1Southampton
Millwall3 - 2Southampton
Charlton1 - 5Southampton
QPR1 - 2Southampton
Blackburn2 - 1Southampton
Bristol C3 - 1Southampton
Derby1 - 1Southampton
Sheff Utd1 - 2Southampton
Hull3 - 1Southampton
Watford2 - 2Southampton
Ipswich1 - 1Southampton
Everton2 - 0Southampton
Leicester2 - 0Southampton
West Ham1 - 1Southampton
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASouthampton4 - 3Leicester
HSouthampton1 - 0Watford
ASouthampton2 - 0Stoke
ASouthampton1 - 1Portsmouth
HSouthampton1 - 0Sheff Utd
HSouthampton1 - 2Hull
ASouthampton0 - 4M'Boro
HSouthampton0 - 0Millwall
ASouthampton1 - 1Birmingham
ASouthampton1 - 2Oxford Utd
HSouthampton1 - 1Coventry
ASouthampton1 - 2Norwich
HSouthampton3 - 2West Brom
HSouthampton3 - 1Birmingham
ASouthampton2 - 3Millwall
HSouthampton3 - 0Leicester
ASouthampton5 - 1Charlton
HSouthampton3 - 1Sheff Wed
ASouthampton2 - 1QPR
HSouthampton0 - 2Preston
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Southampton have beaten Sheff Wed in 5 consecutive league meetings
5
Southampton have not lost to Sheff Wed in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Sheff Wed since 1993
Sheff Wed
Southampton
Goals: Scored
23
14
Games: Scored
10 / 14
9 / 14
Clean sheets
5 / 14
4 / 14
SHW
5
D
5
SOU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
1 - 2Southampton
0 - 1Southampton
Sheff Wed2 - 0
Sheff Wed5 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 1Southampton
0 - 1Southampton
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Wed1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Wed2 - 0
Sheff Wed5 - 2
League games at Southampton since 1992
Southampton
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
24
13
Games: Scored
12 / 15
8 / 15
Clean sheets
7 / 15
3 / 15
SHW
4
D
4
SOU
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
Southampton3 - 1
Southampton4 - 0
Southampton2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Southampton2 - 1
Southampton3 - 0
Southampton2 - 0
Southampton1 - 0
2 - 3Sheff Wed
2 - 3Sheff Wed
0 - 1Sheff Wed
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Sheff Wed
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Sheffield Wednesday of late. It has been 9 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Southampton.

Southampton have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.8 against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Sheff Wed 24th Southampton 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Sheff Wed will score no more than 1 goal
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Southampton will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-48
Sheff Wed have scored 48% fewer goals at home than predicted
+3
Southampton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.6
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Sheff Wed
PG (predicted goals)
Southampton
1.2
1.8
Attack rating
SHW
SOU
49%
better
view stats
Games scored14
27
Failed to score18
5
Scored first8
16
Goals scored19
48
Avg. goals scored0.6
1.5
Avg. shots per game6
10
Avg. shots per goal11
7
Conversion rate for9
14
Avg. XG for0.9
1.6
KickOff rating
+49%
Defence rating
SHW
SOU
26%
better
view stats
Games conceded29
25
Clean sheets3
7
Conceded first22
13
Goals conceded64
44
Avg. goals conceded2
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded12
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
15%
Avg. XG against2
1.3
KickOff rating
+26%

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

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29337
S IngelssonJ LoweB BannanB Bannan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Lowe FWD323
4
-
L Palmer DEF311
3
-
S Ingelsson MID301
1
-
B Cadamarteri FWD292
2
-
B Bannan MID2833
6
1
C McNeill FWD2831
1
-
D Iorfa DEF241
6
-
G. Otegbayo DEF23
2
-
Y Valery DEF231
3
-
H Amass DEF2111
2
-
S Fusire DEF211
4
-
M Lowe DEF201
2
-
I Ugbo FWD19
1
-
E Horvath GLK14
1
1
J. Thornton MID13
-
R. Johnson DEF11
1
-
P Charles GLK91
-
O Kobacki FWD6
-
R Shipston MID4
-
N Chalobah MID31
1
-
Southampton Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
271168
T Harwood-BellisA ArmstrongL ScienzaF Downes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Manning DEF2952
4
-
A Armstrong FWD29114
3
-
F Azaz MID2874
1
-
T Harwood-Bellis DEF2741
7
-
C. Jander MID272
5
-
T Fellows MID264
2
-
L Scienza FWD2656
1
-
N Wood DEF2511
5
-
F Downes MID251
8
-
J. Robinson FWD2521
-
J Stephens DEF212
3
-
C Archer FWD202
1
-
G Bazunu GLK19
1
-
S Charles MID1711
5
-
R Fraser FWD162
-
Welington  DEF151
1
1
R Stewart FWD1543
2
-
J Quarshie DEF12
2
-
R Edwards DEF11
-
D Downs FWD111
1
-
M Roerslev DEF9
1
-
E Jelert DEF81
-
K Matsuki MID8
1
-
A McCarthy GLK7
-
J Aribo MID7
1
-
S Edozie FWD1
-