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

Fri 3rd Apr, 15:00 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Sheffield Wednesday are away from home on Friday afternoon, as manager Henrik Pedersen takes his side to visit Stoke City and Mark Robins at the bet365 Stadium in the Championship. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head stats across every major market, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Championship clash.


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Best Tip: Stoke to win

After looking at the bookies' odds and collated statistics regarding both sides ahead of this Championship match, a bet on win / draw / win for Stoke to win in front of their own fans is what we would suggest. We predict they'll overpower Sheff Wed, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have done in the past. It could be a tighter than we expect, but Stoke winning is the bet come Friday afternoon.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Stoke are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.29.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Stoke
66%
2/7-
Draw
20%
4/1-
Sheff Wed
14%
9/1-
Stoke 2-0
12%
11/2-
Stoke 1-0
11%
13/2-
Stoke 2-1
10%
8/1-
Draw 1-1
9%
9/1-
Stoke 3-0
8%
7/1-
Stoke 3-1
7%
10/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
14/1-
Sheff Wed 1-0
4%
22/1-
Stoke 4-0
4%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
20/1-
Sheff Wed 2-1
4%
28/1-
Stoke 4-1
4%
18/1-
Stoke 3-2
3%
25/1-
Sheff Wed 2-0
2%
50/1-
Stoke 5-0
2%
25/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
8/13-
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
13/10-
Home 1st Goal
59%
3/10-
Away 1st Goal
38%
13/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
14/1-
BTTS - Yes
50%
1/1-
BTTS - No
50%
8/11-
BTTS - Home Win
29%
2/1-
BTTS - Draw
14%
11/2-
BTTS - Away Win
7%
18/1-
Home/draw
86%
1/16-
Away/draw
34%
5/2-
Home/away
80%
1/6-
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
1/5-
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
7/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
13/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
1/2-
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
7/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/5-
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
8/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/14-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/33-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
14/1-
Home DNB
80%
1/14-
Away DNB
28%
8/1-
Stoke win to nil
38%
1/1-
Sheff Wed win to nil
7%
16/1-
Stoke / Stoke
46%
5/6-
Stoke / Sheff Wed
2%
50/1-
Stoke / Draw
4%
18/1-
Draw / Stoke
21%
3/1-
Draw / Sheff Wed
4%
20/1-
Draw / Draw
10%
7/1-
Sheff Wed / Stoke
4%
20/1-
Sheff Wed / Sheff Wed
5%
16/1-
Sheff Wed / Draw
4%
20/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 3 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Stoke have outscored their opponents by 46 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Stoke have played 19 games at home winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored 29 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Sheff Wed are in 24th position in the Championship on -6 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

14 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 38 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 14 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

39 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 29 games, drawn 9 and won 1. Sheff Wed have conceded 79 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 20 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Stoke
Sheff Wed
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry3924874180 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-5A
Apr 11
2
M'Boro39201182271 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
Apr 22
3
Ipswich38191272869 
d
 
3-3F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
4
Millwall3920910969 
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
5
Hull3920613566 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-1F
6
Southampton391712101563 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-1A
7
Wrexham39171210963 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
8
Derby3917913860 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 6
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
9
Watford39141411456 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
10
Norwich3916617654 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
11
Birmingham39141114-153 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2A
12
QPR3915816-653 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
13
Preston39131313-452 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1F
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-0A
14
Swansea3915717-552 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
15
Stoke3914916351 
-
-
l
 
0-3A
Apr 3
16
Bristol C3914916-151 
w
 
5-1F
May 2
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-0A
17
Sheff Utd3915519050 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
18
Charlton39121215-1048 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
19
Blackburn39111018-1343 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
20
West Brom39111018-1443 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
May 2
d
 
0-00-0
21
Portsmouth38101018-1740 
Apr 25
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
22
Leicester39111216-939 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
Apr 6
l
 
2-1F
23
Oxford Utd3991218-1539 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-3F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 25
24
Sheff Wed391929-55-6 
Apr 3
w
 
0-3F
-
-
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Stoke 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke3 - 1Watford
Stoke3 - 3Ipswich
Stoke2 - 1Oxford Utd
Stoke2 - 2Leicester
Stoke0 - 2Southampton
Stoke1 - 2M'Boro
Stoke0 - 0QPR
Stoke1 - 2Sheff Utd
Stoke0 - 0Preston
Stoke2 - 1Swansea
Stoke1 - 2Hull
Stoke3 - 0Charlton
Stoke0 - 1Coventry
Stoke5 - 1Bristol C
Stoke1 - 0Wrexham
Stoke1 - 1Norwich
Stoke1 - 0Birmingham
Stoke0 - 1West Brom
Stoke3 - 1Derby
Stoke0 - 2Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AStoke1 - 3Preston
HStoke3 - 1Watford
HStoke3 - 3Ipswich
AStoke0 - 2Swansea
AStoke1 - 2Coventry
HStoke2 - 1Oxford Utd
HStoke2 - 2Leicester
AStoke0 - 1Charlton
AStoke0 - 0West Brom
HStoke0 - 2Southampton
AStoke1 - 1Birmingham
HStoke1 - 2M'Boro
HStoke0 - 0QPR
AStoke2 - 0Norwich
AStoke1 - 0Hull
HStoke1 - 2Sheff Utd
HStoke0 - 0Preston
AStoke0 - 1Watford
HStoke2 - 1Swansea
AStoke0 - 1Ipswich
Sheff Wed 24TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
1
Draw
5
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hull3 - 1Sheff Wed
Derby2 - 1Sheff Wed
Norwich2 - 0Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd2 - 1Sheff Wed
Swansea4 - 0Sheff Wed
Blackburn1 - 0Sheff Wed
Bristol C2 - 0Sheff Wed
QPR3 - 0Sheff Wed
Preston3 - 0Sheff Wed
Ipswich3 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
Millwall1 - 0Sheff Wed
Southampton3 - 1Sheff Wed
West Brom0 - 0Sheff Wed
Charlton2 - 1Sheff Wed
Birmingham2 - 2Sheff Wed
Portsmouth0 - 2Sheff Wed
Wrexham2 - 2Sheff Wed
Leicester2 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
9
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
D
3
Lost
17
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASheff Wed1 - 3Hull
HSheff Wed0 - 2Ipswich
HSheff Wed1 - 1Watford
ASheff Wed1 - 2Derby
HSheff Wed1 - 3Southampton
ASheff Wed0 - 2Norwich
ASheff Wed1 - 2Sheff Utd
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Stoke since 2002
Stoke
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
6 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
3 / 9
STK
4
D
2
SHW
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
Stoke2 - 0
0 - 1Sheff Wed
Stoke1 - 0
Stoke3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 4Sheff Wed
1 - 2Sheff Wed
Draw0 - 0Draw
Stoke3 - 2
League games at Sheff Wed since 2002
Sheff Wed
Stoke
Goals: Scored
8
10
Games: Scored
6 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
4 / 10
STK
2
D
6
SHW
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
0 - 3Stoke
Sheff Wed2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Sheff Wed1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Stoke
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

An absolutely awful PG of just 0.8 should cause concerns for Sheffield Wednesday fans, as should a 16 Championship games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

Stoke 15th Sheff Wed 24th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 62% probability that Stoke will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Sheff Wed scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-19
Sheff Wed have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Stoke
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Wed
2.1
0.8
Attack rating
36%
better
STK
SHW
view stats
Games scored25
18
Failed to score14
20
Scored first19
9
Goals scored46
23
Avg. goals scored1.2
0.6
Avg. shots per game8
6
Avg. shots per goal7
10
Conversion rate for15
10
Avg. XG for1.2
0.8
KickOff rating
+36%
Defence rating
36%
better
STK
SHW
view stats
Games conceded27
35
Clean sheets12
3
Conceded first16
27
Goals conceded43
76
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded9
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
17%
Avg. XG against1.4
2
KickOff rating
+36%

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

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
38101011
S ThomasS ThomasS ThomasS Thomas
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Manhoef FWD3873
3
-
S Thomas FWD381010
10
1
T Seko MID371
3
-
J. Bae MID3723
1
-
B Wilmot DEF343
5
-
A Phillips DEF331
5
-
T Rigo MID2911
2
-
L Cissé FWD2713
4
-
B Pearson MID261
8
1
D Mubama FWD2651
3
1
S Nzonzi MID251
2
-
V Johansson GLK241
2
-
J Tchamadeu DEF2412
10
-
M Lawal DEF231
6
1
A Cresswell  DEF223
2
-
E Bocat DEF221
-
R Bozenik FWD191
2
-
M Taloverov DEF16
7
-
T. Simkim GLK14
2
-
L Baker MID1241
1
-
S Gallagher FWD122
-
M Smit FWD1021
-
B Gibson DEF91
1
-
J Rak-Sakyi FWD91
-
G Bazunu GLK1
-
Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
36426
S IngelssonJ LoweJ LoweD Iorfa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Lowe FWD3942
4
-
L Palmer DEF381
4
-
S Ingelsson MID371
3
-
C McNeill FWD3441
3
-
D Iorfa DEF301
6
-
G. Otegbayo DEF29
3
1
S Fusire DEF2811
5
-
M Lowe DEF211
2
-
I Ugbo FWD21
1
-
J. Thornton MID19
1
-
L Cooper DEF141
3
-
P Charles GLK131
-
J. Heskey FWD13
3
-
R. Johnson DEF12
1
-
J Yates FWD113
-
O Adaramola DEF91
2
-
J. Tshisanga Ndala FWD8
-
M. Cooper GLK7
-
N Chalobah MID61
1
-
O Kobacki FWD6
-
R Shipston MID4
-
M Nakamba MID2
1
-