Stoke City vs Sheffield Wednesday Predictions

Stoke should be too strong for the Owls

Stoke are the best bet to beat Sheffield Wednesday at home in the Championship on Friday. The visitors have lost 13 of their last 15 away games and Stoke manager Mark Robins will be hopeful of getting a result.

They are 15th in the table, nine places and 57 points above bottom-placed Sheffield Wednesday. The visitors have just one win so far this season, while Stoke have 14.

Stoke have been prolific in their eight home games against other bottom-half teams this season, scoring an average of 1.88 goals a game.

Sheffield Wednesday have won just once in 39 games as an underdog this season, and backing their opponents during their current run of 17 defeats in 20 Championship games would have resulted in a profit of 4.37 units.

The visitors need to turn things around. Sheffield Wednesday have gone 33 Championship games without recording a victory and have failed to win in 46 of their last 48. They come into this game on the back of two successive reverses.

The visitors’ struggles in front of goal are a major concern. No Championship team has failed to find the net in more games this season than Sheffield Wednesday’s total of 20, and they have scored just 14 goals in 19 away matches.

The visitors have struggled to keep things tight at the back this season. Sheffield Wednesday have failed to keep a clean sheet in 25 of their last 26 Championship games, and no team has conceded more goals in the division this season than their 79 in 39 games.

Stoke have defeated Sheffield Wednesday by two or more goals in their last two Championship head-to-heads, and the visitors have been on the wrong end of a two-goal deficit nine times this season. A 2-0 home win looks a decent correct-score option.

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Edited by Mark Langdon