Sheffield Wed vs Leicester prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-11-28 19:45.
It’s bottom against top in the Championship as Sheffield Wednesday host Leicester City, with the Owls left despondent on Saturday after a 1-0 lead at Birmingham City ultimately turned into a 2-1 loss. And despite the improving performances under new manager Danny Röhl, the South Yorkshire side are a mammoth ten points from safety, albeit with almost two-thirds of the season remaining.
Along with possessing the worst attack in the division, Wednesday also have the fewest wins on the board. Their lone victory came courtesy of a 2-0 win against Rotherham United at Hillsborough in late October, with the hosts’ goals that day contributing to half of the total they’ve scored at home in the league in 2023/24 That’s the joint-lowest tally of any team heading into matchday 18 and it’s an aspect of their game they must address quickly if they are to have any hope of avoiding an immediate return to League One.
After back-to-back defeats for the first time under Enzo Maresca prior to the November international break, Leicester got back to winning ways by seeing off Watford 2-0 to move three points clear of Ipswich Town at the summit. Those two strikes came beyond the 75th minute, meaning the Foxes have netted an incredible 14 league goals in this term during that last 15-minute portion of matches plus stoppage time – the joint-highest figure in the EFL along with League Two Wrexham.
Following relegation from the Premier League, the East Midlanders boast the best Championship away record (W7, D1) and the corresponding highest average number of goals scored per game on their travels. Their solitary loss came on their last away trip against Middlesbrough, which also represents the only time they have fired a blank on the road this campaign.
Players to watch: With Wednesday’s leading marksman Michael Smith (G3) likely to miss out through injury, George Byers might need to score in successive matches for the first time since September last year if his team are to have a chance of upsetting the odds. Almost ten years to the day since last facing the club that released him as a teenager, 36-year-old Jamie Vardy will surely be motivated to find the net against his boyhood side for the first time, having avoided defeat in each of his last 15 scoring appearances (W13, D2).
Hot stat: Leicester’s opponents across the season have picked up a total of four red cards – the highest figure in the Championship.